Hey Terry, Do you have any pictures you could post? I'm having a little trouble visualizing what you're describing. Scott ------ Scott A. Helms, Registered Piano Technician 480-818-3871 www.helmsmusic.net > Bingo! You like Cuban or how 'bout made in America - rolled right here > in Tampa? > > The sides only go up to the bottom of the keybed. Sides separated from > bottom of keybed. I can only assume the joint was compromised for a > long time and when they moved the piano across the room, the joint > opened up when they lifted the piano. The piano has free--standing > front legs with little wheels on them. The case does not have wheels - > it rests directly on the floor. The keybed is horizontal and the back > of the piano at the rear of the keybed is parallel with the wall > (perpendicular to the floor). The back/sides of the piano are tilted - > like the bottom of the piano stayed in one place and the top was moved > a half-inch forward. At the front of the case side there is a 3/8" or > so gap between the bottom of the keybed and the top of the case sides > (the top of the case sides was at the keybed bottom) - at the rear of > the case sides there is no gap. > > The owner wants to fix the piano. I pulled the action for her and her > brother (a carpenter) is going to fix the case. My only question is > whether the joint should be closed up completely (as much as is > possible) - I presume so. But the capstans on this piano are $#%&ing > nails - what the..... heck? There appears no way to adjust the > capstans. Anyone ever see such a beast? So we really need to use the > sides alignment as a way to adjust lost motion. There is adjustment in > the capstan rail - but it was originally adjusted all the way to one > extreme. I guess I could always bend up a couple new brackets or > something to position it in the ball park. > > Anyone ever see nails for capstans? > > Thanks Jon. Darn good tech. > > Terry Farrell > > On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Jon Page wrote: > >> I tried to stay out of this but finally went back and read Terry's >> original post. >> It has all the classic symptoms of the sides being loose and the >> back assembly tilted forwards. >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Page > > >
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