How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan?

John Ross jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:16:39 -0300


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I only tried half heartedly, with vice grips and a screwdriver so far. It didn't budge.
As I said it is used infrequently, so I haven't bothered, as no one complained. 
It is a beat up unit, in a Legion. I tune it every year for free, just before Remembrance/Veterans day. They never wanted to have anything done to it.
I will see if I can get something along the lines of a battery cable remover, from the post thing. Something that has a thread and lifts. I thought that there might be a special tool. But then again, most of us have all the tools, even the useless ones. LOL
Once again, thanks to all.
I have to tell you something stupid I did. I wasn't looking when I sent these messages, and I sent them to ptg@ptg.org, and I wasn't getting any answers, as the messages weren't showing up. I thought I had been blacklisted. LOL
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Ilvedson 
  To: pianotech@ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:10 PM
  Subject: RE: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan?


  John,

  Have you tried grabbing on with a pliers and using a dowel under it for leverage and seeing if it moves up a bit?   

  David I.






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  Original message
  From: John Ross 
  To: pianotech 
  Received: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:05:46 -0300
  Subject: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan?









  Hi List,
  As a further to the image I sent, and the query. The piano is a Braumuller, made in New York.
  The capstans, are like nails, unable to be adjusted, I can't find any way to adjust them.
  Any ideas??

  John M. Ross
  Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
  jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca

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