Wurlitzer C173 (Young Chang) - lifting logo

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I have a Samick client here with the soundboard decal curling at the edges 
also.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy Shuster" <cy at shusterpiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: Wurlitzer C173 (Young Chang) - lifting logo


> Nice mahogany C173 Wurlitzer (5'9"), S/N 60,600, with a couple of 
> puzzlements (I have no answers).
>
> -- Samick says it's not theirs.  Any idea of the age?  Pierce has no help. 
> It has a white paper barcode label underneath.
>
> -- It's been in New Mexico for at least nine years.  No humidity control, 
> but no sign of problems, either, except... the soundboard logo is 
> detached, most of the way around its outside edge, as much as an inch in. 
> Flat, not curled up, and just angled up from the s/b.  Was there no 
> original varnish overcoat?  How to attach it now?  I'm thinking of 
> adhesive that I spread around with pressure on the decal from my Spurlock 
> cleaning tools.  What kind?
>
> -- On the caster cups on thinnish carpet, it wobbles back and forth, fore 
> and aft, with rapid use of the sustain pedal.  The casters are angled 45 
> degrees in front, 90 degrees at the tail.
>
> -- E5 wouldn't repeat sometimes.  It felt like the jack wasn't reset, but 
> lifting the jack tail made no difference; it didn't move at all.  Rep 
> lever height is fine; rep spring tension brisk; jack is centered in the 
> window. Knuckle was a little flat, but not much.  I thought maybe the 
> backcheck was grabbing on the way up, but with pressure on the hammer, the 
> jack just cheated out from under the knuckle.  I reset the jack starting 
> position towards the piano's tail, a 1/16" or so, and that fixed the 
> problem, but I'm not happy that it's out of line with all the rest when 
> you lift the hammers. What else should I try?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Cy--
> www.shusterpiano.com
>
>