Howdy all, OK, I'll admit it, I've lived a protected life and have hardly ever worked on old grands. I have a friend--I can't believe she did this-- who bought a tiny, old (1908) refinished and re-whatevered Kimball grand. She got it and THEN she called me. Ahem. Well, the finish job is quite good, the stringing job a little less than mediocre and the dampers are a mess, but work better than the action. Yikes. The one redeeming thing is whoever did the work, used some Abel prehung hammers--so I believe I can count on those being right. While looking things over, I noticed that there was felt in the repetition spring slot. Just wondering if any company ever actually used felt in that slot or some-buddy was trying to solve a noise or gunk problem. I suppose it's a case of the latter, since the felt didn't seem quite at a dirty and petrified as the other action felts/cloth. I meant to weigh off a sampling of notes to check for friction, but I was running low on time and got distracted. Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, IL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060706/9fd3cc28/attachment.html
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