[pianotech] Puzzler ala Wurly

[Terry Farrell]

You're kinda-sorta in the right ballpark, but not really even luke warm.

Terry Farrell

On Sep 12, 2009, at 12:01 AM, Amadeus Piano wrote:

> I don't know; I'm grasping at straws here too, but could it be  
> possible with
> an action like that, that that hammers might drop a bit forward when  
> the
> piano is off-level, back end lower than the front?  ... pulling the  
> whippens
> up a bit too?
> Or would it have to be *so* off-level for that to happen that you'd  
> clearly
> see the problem from across the room?
> Grasping...
> Gary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf
> Of Terry Farrell
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:53 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Puzzler ala Wurly
>
> I appreciate your try. It does have the flange rail for the stickers,
> but that assembly is solid. No pencils anywhere.
>
> Well, yeah, it's obvious once you figure it out! I found that out. ;-)
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> Good Golly, is my puzzler so difficult it hasn't been solved? Do we
> need to let the experts in on this??????
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2009, at 8:08 PM, David Doremus wrote:
>
>> Terry Farrell wrote:
>>>> Is the hammer butt resting on the jack?(Because the hammer shanks
>>>> aren't
>>>> resting on the rail as they should be--right)?
>>>
>>>
>> Well, heck. Clearly the whippens are too high. It could be something
>> under the back of the keys but not on all of them. Could be the
>> hammer rest rail, but the shanks are high off of it. Could it have a
>> flange rail for the stickers, sitting over the capstans, that has
>> dropped down onto the back of the keys? Usually those are pinned as
>> well as screwed in, but I gueass it's possible.  Or a whole chain of
>> pencils stuck in the same place? I'm having trouble picturing the
>> whole situation and probably missing something very obvious....
>>
>>
>> ---Dave
>>
>> New Orleans
>