On Nov 19, 2007 5:39 AM, Martin Wisenbaker <mbjwisenbaker at juno.com> wrote: > Bruce: > > Thanks for your reply and instructions. I shall do accordingly. > > Martin Wisenbaker, RPT > I have run across one other instance that might be your problem if the side isn't loose, the keybed screws had been stripped when run in at the factory, apparantly. The keybed was falling out little by little a friend of mine was tuning it for contest with a bunch of new, fresh out of the box pianos. He told me he kept taking up lost motion then began tuning again only to have the lost motion return. I was down the hall tuning a couple of the school's pianos for warmup rooms and he asked me to take a look at it. As I walked into the room I spotted the gap between the keybed and the arm of the piano, only because of his explanation. The cabinet was, of course particle board so instead of trying to fix the existing holes I got my drill from the truck and we made new ones! In your instance, with an old Acrosonic, it's possible that it was pushed, dropped, pressured in some way that caused the screws that hold the keybed to fail or perhaps just the threads in the wood. Just an FYI for something else to check. Mike Mike -- You never learn anything by doing it right. Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com
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