Puzzeler from Seattle

[Joseph Alkana]

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BINGO! Congratulations Jerry Cohen RPT! =20

Some "tooner", attempting to satisfy my client's request that something =
be done about the way the piano played, simply started out a =
"regulation" by shimming the hammer rebound rail up so that the hammer =
blow distance measured out at about 1 7/8". Then apparently he tried to =
raise the let off, but of course, was unable to do so and still get the =
hammer to go thru some kind of a let off. Nothing else was done, except =
that he added a nice piece of soft felt to lay on top of the rebound =
rail felt, since there was now quite a racket coming from the return of =
the hammers! Yes there was a floating key level in the higher octaves =
that first gave me a clue that all was not right with the nice straight =
hammer line. For those of you just learning regulation, setting the blow =
distance by shimming the hammer rest rail, is the first step that you do =
after action preparation ...FOR VERTICLES!!

I hereby award Jerry with my client list of Winter spinets. Way to go! =
Hope the seasoned techs got a chuckle out of this.

 It never ceases to amaze me at the poor work being attempted out there =
in the real world by schlocks calling themselves piano technicians.I am =
so thankful that at least by taking and passing the RPT exams for PTG I =
was able to establish for myself, my peers, and my betters, that at =
least a certain rudimentary level of technical proficiency was =
established and confirmed.
Joseph Alkana RPT
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jerry Cohen=20
  To: 'Pianotech List'=20
  Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:09 PM
  Subject: RE: Puzzeler from Seattle


  Hammer rail was set too high so you had lost motion, just like in an =
upright?



  Jerry Cohen RPT

  NJ Chapter



  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf Of Joseph Alkana
  Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:48 PM
  To: Pianotech
  Subject: Puzzeler from Seattle





  For the newbies, and seasoned vets to chuckle over:





  OK, here's a little  mystery question for you regarding the weird =
feeling action of a Small Baldwin grand piano.



  I arrived today for a regulation job at customer's house. Took a quick =
tour of the action with my fingers, and proclaimed the action a mess. =
Let off  appeared to be about a half an inch from the strings, Drop was =
really low and keys were pretty much evenly low from factory spec, but =
just slightly, dip was a very fat 3/8". But here's the weird thing that =
caught me off guard for a few mystifying moments: The hammers were =
already adjusted to be a 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" and were pretty much in a good =
straight line.=20



  Yikes! I thought. Where am I going to get enough whippen lift from??? =
OK, that was the quickie analysis. What was wrong with the action set up =
as it was? Original hammers, and not too worn, by the way.



  Joseph Alkana RPT

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