'71 D follow-up

[Kent Swafford]

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All,

Last September I posted here about a problem D (heavy action) at a 
local Jr. college. The college said they purchased the piano from Faust 
Harrison.

The "D" thread is in the archives at:

http://tinyurl.com/yqltr

I received very helpful responses. Two need to be singled out:

On Sep 5, 2003, at 9:36 PM, David Love wrote:
> My guess is that they used original dimension parts, i.e. 15.5 mm 
> knuckle
> placement.  ...    you will have to rehang the hammers on proper 
> shanks.
> That will also give you the opportunity to taper the hammers and 
> adjust the
> weight to match the new ratio you will be creating.

This is exactly what I did. Worked like a charm.

On Sep 7, 2003, at 6:26 AM, A440A@aol.com wrote:
>     If you go on record as stating that in
> your opinion, different part selection will cure the problems, you 
> haven't
> specifically slammed the rebuilder.  AFTER the work is done, the piano 
> is hailed
> as glorious, etc.  the chips will fall where they may and the previous
> rebuilder will have to address the customers, not you, if he wants to 
> defend his work.
>
>     It may be a difficult spot, but it does look like a great 
> opportunity to
> hit a home run.
>
> Ed Foote RPT

Well, attached is a PDF of the review of a concert last night that used 
the piano in question. Darn close to a home run.


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After I evaluated the piano in September, the hall management declined 
to have me do any real corrective work. Stephen Hough was engaged to 
play in the hall in late October, played a few chords on the heavy D 
and requested a different piano. He played his concert on a Baldwin 
SD-10 to mixed reviews.

At that point I was given a green light to fix the D. In the last few 
days, Arnaldo Cohen was _very_ helpful to me in getting the final 
adjustments and voicing done to the piano. And he was very 
complimentary in return.

Sometimes things work out. There is no way I could have done this work 
without the knowledge that I got right here from y'all.

Many thanks,

Kent Swafford

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