Good point about the glides, Ed. Often overlooked. Not by me, of course, but I have this friend........yeah, a friend, that's it....... ;-] William R. Monroe On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote: > Greetings, > >> >>> >>> Working on a Kawai GE-1, bedding the keyframe. There are about 2-3 mms >>> between the keyframe guide pin and the plastic keyblock plate, so there's >>> definitely knocking and I can lift the frame about 2-3 mms with the blocks >>> screwed in. I can't lower the plate and I don't want to bend the pin. >>> >>> Am I overlooking something? >>> >> >>> >>> Maybe. It would be good to check your bedding without the stack and >>> keys. If the glides are too low, it will tend to lift the entire keybed up >>> at the front. I like to bed the keyframe (front and back rails ) by itself >>> with the glides out of the way, then lower them until they are off the >>> keybed by an amount that can be erased by light hand pressure on the top of >>> the glide. The glides can be higher from the bass end up, with the >>> treblemost glide in light contact. This compensates for the decreasing >>> weight of the keys. >> >> Then, place the stack on there and make sure all the cleats are in >>> contact with the feet of the stack. Shim as necessary. >> >> Once the weight of the keys is added, the frame will flex slightly, >>> downward, insuring contact of everything. >> >> Good luck, >> >> Ed Foote RPT >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110303/38266922/attachment.htm>
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