Good to hear from you Isaac...I always enjoy your classes. David Ilvedson, RPT ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Isaac Sadigursky <irs.pianos@earthlink.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:32:07 -0800 Subject: Re: spoon bender won't fit! >GOOD DESCRIPTION.. THIS METHOD WAS INTRODUCED BY LATE ERNIE JUHN >AND I HAD >USED HIS TECHNICS SINCE.. IT WOYKS!!NEVER USED SPOON BENDERS >SINCE.. GOOD >LUCK!! ISAAC SADIGURSKY.. A NEWCOMER TO PIANOTECK >> [Original Message] >> From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> >> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Date: 11/16/04 9:52:48 AM >> Subject: Re: spoon bender won't fit! >> >> At 12:15 11/16/2004 -0500, you wrote: >> >Greetings, >> > >> > Is there any other way to adjust/calibrate spoons? I have a >> > Reinhard & Co. studio upright ca. 1900+ and the spoon bending tool will >> > not fit. >> > >> > I can get the tool slid between the wippens okay, but when I >> > go to turn the tool sideways in order to get the neck of the spoon in >the >> > tool head, I cannot. If I would turn the tool by force the wippen >flange >> > to the adjacent note would crack. it is so tight in there, no room. Can >> > this job be done outside the piano? >> > >> > What to do? Any suggestions would be helpful. >> > >> >Julia Gottchall, >> >Reading, PA >> >> >> Measure hammer blow. >> >> Move the hammer rail forward until the hammers are halfway to the >> strings. Wedge the hammer rail in place. Tie wedge/rail/action bracket >> together. >> >> Actuate damper pedal rod until the dampers just start to move. If you >can >> get a wedge in there that will help. Tie damper rod in place. >> >> Remove action and put in a cradle/stand. >> >> Lift a wippen up until the jack touches the hammerbutt. Since the >hammers >> are held at the point where the dampers should start lifting and the >> dampers are held where they are when they are contacting the strings, you >> can adjust the spoons to just move the dampers when the jack hits the >butt. >> >> Try a sample or three, adjust wedges as necessary to get the lift you >need. >> >> This indirect method isn't as accurate as doing it in the piano, but if >> you can't reach the spoons, you can't reach the spoons. >> >> >> >> >> Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician >> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >> Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 >> >> -The only substitute for bad manners is good reflexes. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC