"What is the likelihood that the piano had overly strong damper flanges, un-noticed for 22 years?" IMHO: high liklihood. I've serviced a number of Asian pianos that were 20 years old with this affliction. Bobbling hammers? I've seen hammers bobbling so bad that I couldn't even tune the piano - piano owner never noticed. Some aren't even bothered with bobbling hammers after you point it out to them! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- Here's Matthew's first post: >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. " What is the likelihood that the piano had overly strong damper flanges, un-noticed for 22 years ? The customer didn't complain of bobbling hammers. That problem occurred after Matthew adjusted the capstans and let-off. We are into the second or third stage of treatment without diagnosis. ES -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090511/ea136bed/attachment.htm>
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