This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ed, There is a possibility that the adjusting screw is not all the way into = the button. Obviously to lower the screw top and keep the proper = adjustment in place you simply hold the button and turn the screw down. = Randy Rush first pointed this common problem on Baldwins out to me. Good = luck, I hope it's something simple like that. Joseph Alkana RPT josephspiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ed Sutton=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:59 PM Subject: Baldwin Action Problem I've just been puzzling over a 1980's SF-10. It is a very good sounding Baldwin, made in the Conway factory. BUT, there is an action problem. When dip is set to a standard block (Steinway), there is very = excessive aftertouch. The owner says it has always been like this. When I lower the capstans to decrease aftertouch, the shanks knock on = the repetition lever regulating screw. The only choice is excessive aftertouch or shallow dip.=20 The prof. does a lot of performing, so he wants standard keydip on his = practice instrument. Something is wrong with this instrument. Possibly the string height = is low, and they let it go? I could shorten the hammer bore distance...or just file down the = hammers? Is there some regulation, shimming or rail adjustment I'm missing? Thank you. Ed Sutton ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/21/90/1e/72/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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