The Wurlitzer "official line" way back 30 years ago was that dousing the action centers (wippens and jacks too) with a silicone/naptha solution would get everything working just fine. If that doesn't work, see if jiffy keyleads can get the key to return its nominal rest position.Patrick Draine On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote: > I went to pitch raise/tune a new clients piano today. The piano is a > Wurlitzer Console. > > Almost the entire treble section was sluggish upon return of each key. So > I began my investigative process. I held the key with one hand and moved > the hammer with the other. It returned just fine. I then held the key and > moved the backcheck, and it returned fine. I thought maybe tight balance > rail bushings. So I eased a sample key, but it did not good. I could not > figure out what the problem was. > > Any help please? > > ***TODD PIANO WORKS* > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090605/9923cc6b/attachment.htm>
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