[pianotech] (no subject)

[Gerald Groot]

My bet is that it's the flanges.  Try the Silicone and Naphtha mix.  If the
jacks are sluggish, chances are it's the flanges.  They were notorious for
sticking action flanges. 

 

As I said before, 8 parts Naphtha to 1 part silicone.  Call Wurlitzer and
see if they still see Silicone.  

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Matthew Todd
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:38 AM
To: Ken & Pat Gerler; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] (no subject)

 


I also did test the jack, and it did return fully underneath the butt.

TODD PIANO WORKS 
Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
(979) 248-9578

http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> 



--- On Sat, 6/6/09, Ken & Pat Gerler <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net> wrote:


From: Ken & Pat Gerler <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] (no subject)
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 12:26 PM

Tom,

Of the posts I read, no one mentioned the jack. I have found if the jack
flange it tight it will cause the symptom you are noticing, at least I have
found that in many Wurlitzer's here in St. Louis that have set for many
years and then all of a sudden find themselves put into use.

 

Ken Gerler

kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net
<http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net> 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Tom Sivak
<http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net>  

To: pianotech at ptg.org
<http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org>  

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 7:02 PM

Subject: Re: [pianotech] (no subject)

 


How about the front rail bushing?     

 

Or is the key coming into contact with the keyslip and binding on that?   

 

It's also possible that the weighting of the key is poor.  Wurlitzers often
have short keysticks that are not weighted on the back enough.   You could
try adding a lead weight to the top of the key to see if that solves the
problem.  When all else fails, putting a lead weight on the top of the key
near the capstan usually solves the problem. 

 

Tom Sivak

--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote:


From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>
Subject: [pianotech] (no subject)
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 11:30 PM


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 <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> 

 



  _____  

avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. 


Virus Database (VPS): 090605-0, 06/05/2009
Tested on: 6/6/2009 9:57:58 AM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090606/46ea4841/attachment.htm>