----- Original Message ----- > I have just looked at a Steinway D, 1974 vintage. There is a step > between the bottom of the pinblock and the crosspiece( cornice?) it is > supposedly > dowelled to. Please explain - a step? Are you referring to the stretcher (crosspiece/cornice)? You mean the bottom of the pinblock is not at the same elevation as the bottom of the stretcher? > The pinblock and crosspiece are flush with one another at each end, > with a slow rise across the center. Again, the crosspiece is the stretcher? What rises - the pinblock? Did you check for straightness? Do you know that the bottom of the stretcher isn't convex and the pinblock is planar? > All original, pins are tight, seems > stable. A few dead bass strings, but the sounding structure seemed good. > However, I wonder how the block could have done this, under the plate, > unless the > plate bolts are loose, or the plate is bending. Did you run a straight-edge along the top of the plate at the stretcher? Better yet, run a straight-edge along the bottom of the pinblock. > The potential buyers are > considering a new action, but will have reservations about more repair > than that, at > this time. > Anybody live around a piano with this condition and if so, any > problems > showing up? I didn't touch any plate bolts or screws, so can't say if > they > are loose or not. > thanks, > > Ed Foote RPT Sounds like some wierd stuff here - check to see whether the stretcher is deformed or the pinblock - if someone cut a crooked stretcher - maybe who cares then? Terry Farrell
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