Unfortunately Ron, I can't escape this one. It is one that was donated to my Legion, and I tune it for free, once a year. I was hoping a special tool was available. It is playable, just a few need the excess lost motion taken out. I don't tune it again till next November. I will go the cheap, free to them way, of gluing something onto the "capstans", for the real bad ones. If the rest of the piano was in good shape, I would donate installation of capstans. But it is not, so cheap is the way to go. I am surprised, that no one else has run into a piano, with this excuse for a capstan. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:10 PM Subject: Re: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan? >> Hi Ron. >> >> Bah, and then, if you were a sculptor, would you choose clay (sooo easy) >> or marble (sooo difficult) for your next masterpiece ? What would you >> make tend toward one or the other material ? > > I'd chose the clay for playing with, and the marble for the finished work > (unless I cast the clay in bronze), but this is an entirely different > thing. We aren't making a masterpiece with this old capstan challenged > upright. It's a no pay, maximum aggravation, zero expectation lost cause > that realistically passed it's life expectancy many (manymanymany) years > ago. If I was trapped into adjusting lost motion in this critter, I'd just > cut my losses, add real capstans, and escape as quickly, cheaply, and > thoroughly as possible with a promise to myself to do everything I could > to avoid being in that situation again. It doesn't always work, naturally, > because we always eventually find ourselves in another no win situation. > It's the nature of us. > > >> Beware, as the answer on this question will tell much about the intimate >> you. > > Too late! I'm exposed. > > > > No peeking. > > Ron N > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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