[pianotech] Retrofitting a Steinway w/adjustable back action

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Jun 26 11:31:39 MDT 2009


Jude Reveley (Absolute Piano) wrote:
> Just a thought.You might try adding some veneer to the sides of the 
> monkey to hold the leaf spring/monkey in place. Then just ditch the 
> monkey guides  altogether so the cut out can be appropraitely minimized. 
> I haven't tried adding this feature yet but I like this method of having 
> the adjustment on the tray rather than the underlevers (as on some new 
> pianos)where they tend to increase the damper noise.Nice job, Ron.
>  
> Jude Reveley, RPT


My real preference is to mount the sostenuto on the belly rail 
and eliminate the monkey altogether.
Ron N
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