Bechstein tied keyboard

[Jim Perkins]

I have done this several times now and was able to prise them off with a
thin screwdriver.

 

It's fiddley work but possible and nothing broke in the process. They
must be stronger than they look.

 

I would be interested to hear if there is a special tool.

 

The offset screwdriver is also not easy but works when you get the hang.

 

Jim Perkins

 

-----Original Message-----
From: alan forsyth [mailto:alan at forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 9:36 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Bechstein tied keyboard

 

I'm having to regulate the action of a circa 1890 Bechstein grand which
has that confounded tied keyboard and rocker capstans. Normally i've
avoided having to remove the action stack but this time I will have to
as the keys are so higgldy piggldy. I have a special tool to adjust the
screws on the rockers; a ratchet offset screwdriver. What I want to know
is, is there a special tool for disconnecting the stickers from the
capstans. They are those stickers that tie the undercarriage of the
whippen to the rocker capstan using centrepins. The bottom end of the
sticker just clips onto the capstan. However the stickers are recessed
so far back under the action stack that it is almost impossible to
disconnect them without breaking something because they are usually very
tight and there is so little room under there to manoeuvre.

 

Another sleepless night ahead.

 

AF

 

 

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