[pianotech] Letoff Rack, Buy One or Build One?

[Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft]

    I assume you have a workbench/system which allows you to duplicate the 
topography of the keybed?

Yes I do. I set up my bench with guide rails up front similar to what the 
Baldwin Grands have. I then set the first and last hammer of each section in 
the piano. When I put the piano on the bench (which has already been adjust 
to the action), I adjust my let-off rack, then fill in the blanks. I also 
use my key leveling weights on the base of the rack for stability. Once back 
in the piano, you can check and make any minor adjustments that need to be 
made. It is very close.

Al


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From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:58 AM
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Letoff Rack, Buy One or Build One?

> On 3/6/09, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> If this is for shop work, I like the Schaff let-off rack because I can 
>> set
>> the string height on the ends, then add a I/8" (or whatever your specs 
>> call
>> for) metal or aluminum strip on the rail for an exact let-off. I just 
>> touch
>> the hammer to the strip. I hardly need to do any adjusting once back in 
>> the
>> piano.
>>
>> Al
>>
>
> I assume you have a workbench/system which allows you to duplicate the
> topography of the keybed?  I have a Schaff type, but it has a good
> layer of dust on it as I do most of my regulation in the piano.
>
> -- 
> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT
> Luther College
> Decorah, IA
>
>