Thank you, Jack and Patrick, It does not have the soft pedal lifting the hammer rail. Normal pinblock, it has new pins and strings. The middle pedal sustains the bass. The sustain is the split rod, same as some uprights. The damper lift, can be adjusted by buttons and spoons. The damper push rods, have a half moon cut out to fit the damper lift rail. I noticed that the bass one, seems to twist out of the fit, and rest on the edge, thereby sustaining the bass when not wanted. It sometimes goes back the full sustain is pressed. It is so far out of regulation, I was wondering, if it should have similar hammer to string distance. i.e. 1 7/8" ? That would give me someplace to start, I would then just make it work. Any other differences, I should be aware of when regulating? Thank you. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. On 14-Apr-10, at 4:39 PM, JWyatt1492 at aol.com wrote: > Hello John > > If this is a real Apollo it was built by Melville Clark. > Its soft pedal lifts the hammer rail and does not shift > the action. Also it will probably not have a wooden > pin block. > If it is a Wurlitzer with the " Aplllo " name on it > (Wurlitzer bought M.Clark) it could still have the > "uni-plate' tuning system (metal pin block). > If so we have found it is the best to string it > without removing the pins. > > The action is probably one of two brands. Thayer or > Schwander. both made a two piece shank and butt. > > Regards, > > Jack Wyatt > Dallas Chapter > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100414/7c8eeac6/attachment.htm>
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