HEY! GUYS! I can fix the whole problem! How about we just screw the keyframe down to the keybed, and put a pitman up through a hole like for the sostenuto...then, we could just hook that to a long rod (like, an upright damper rod), and just lift the hammers toward the strings? No muss. No fuss. No more shift squeaks! Wouldn't have to worry about the sostenuto getting out of regulation all the time, either. OK, OK, it was just a thought.... Cheers! Horace At 01:37 AM 2/6/01 -0500, you wrote: >OK, there lies the confusion. When you say, "shim the backrail up"; you mean >placing veneer on top of the rail to meet the dags, right? > >To me, shimming a rail up would be to place shims underneath, thus raising >the whole rail. > >Quite a difference. > >So you didn't really shim the rail up, you inserted spacers to fill the >gap between >the dag and the keyframe, in effect shimming the rail down. > >Potato. Patatoe. Tomater. Tamatoe. > >Jon Page > > >At 08:24 PM 02/05/2001 -0500, you wrote: >>THe dags are very securely glued and screwed to the keybed. >> >>This frame could not be forced to push the back rail up to the dags >>without severely effecting the front rail. >> >>Much easier to shim the back rail up . >> >>Didn't seem to effect the damper timing at all. >> >>Maybe it did, that was 20 years ago and I can't remember what I had >>for breakfast yesterday. >> >>Beside, the only time I had to do such time wasting efforts was during >>the off season, july and august. That was the time it got is annual >>physical and regular. >> >> Newton >> >>Jon Page wrote: >> > >> > Why shim the back rail to meet the dags, why not just lower the dags to >> > meet the back rail? >> > >> > If you shim the backrail, you'll have to trim the key end lifter felt to >> > maintain underlever juxtaposition. >> > >> > Jon Page >> > >> > At 01:08 PM 02/05/2001 -0500, you wrote: >> > >OK, Newton, I'll bite. I care for an S&S D for our symphony, and the >> > >regulation changes. How did you shim the back rail? Take it off & >> insert? >> > > >> > >Wally Wilson, RPT >> > >Ravenswood, WV >> > >Columbus, OH Chapter >> > > >> > >At 10:59 AM 2/5/01 -0500, you wrote: >> > > >Hi Dave, >> > > > >> > > >Check out the bedding of the back rail. I had an S&S D that changed >> > > >seasonally until I found that the back rail would float off the bed >> > > >then return. I shimmed the back rail until I had a tight but non >> > > >binding fit between the back rail and the dags (dogs, hooks, raising >> > > >preventers) at each location. That worked perfectly, no changes and >> > > >absolute consistent dip the year around. >> > > > >> > > > Newton >> > > > >
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