It's been some time since I've done the "let's keep this ancient Steinway upright functioning" routine. Photos would help a great deal in a "virtual" diagnosis.Why can't the sustenuto rod be taken out for access (aside from the aggravation factor of getting to work properly on reassembly)? And the sticker situation sounds like a retrofit solution. Otherwise it ought to be a rocker capstan, or the dowel type. Again, closeup photos would probably tell the tale most efficiently. Here in snowy New England (too messy to get to this morning's appointments), those action parts would be very punky, and dampers and hammer butts and hammer heads' felts and buckskins in abominable condition. Time to pull out Brooks Ltd.'s catalog and prepare an estimate for a full action rebuild. Patrick Draine On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Paul Chick <tune4u at fmwildblue.com> wrote: > Some center pins are walking out of the damper flanges and hammer > flanges. The double flange with hammer and damper attached cannot be > removed because the sustenuto rod is in the way. The stickers are attached > to the keys with a “mystery” material, glued to the sticker and clamped to > the key stick. What material should I use to repair/replace this > connecter? The customer knows the challenges with this instrument and is > willing to make repairs and service to keep it working. The case has been > restored, but nothing much has been done to the action. It’s the oldest > working piano I’ve seen that is still being played. > > Paul C > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090302/ee1d3387/attachment.html>
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