Todd: I won’t get into what might have caused the problem. But let me suggest another way to give temporary relief to the symptom. Rather than loosening the action brackets and swinging them out, you can use some felt to shim the rest rail a little closer to the strings. There is a time and place for every repair. Most uprights should have some lost motion, but if I remember right, Kawaii recommends that the jacks actually push the hammer butt a little when the jack resets. I don’t adjust the capstans that way myself… On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote: > I went to tune a clients piano today. It is a Kawai Console, year 1986. > > The very first thing I noticed was the hammer line was totally screwed up. > Some of the hammers were resting on the rail, and others were off the rail. > I unscrewed the action bracket nuts and pulled the action back a little > until all the hammers were resting on the rail. > > I will be going to do some voicing tomorrow, but pointed this out to the > client as a need to fix, so I will be doing that as well. > > What issue might this be? What could I go to first to see if that is the > problem? > > Thanks, > > TODD PIANO WORKS > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You.
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