---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Eric, It is so funny to read your email. I am having the exact same problem=20= right now. Is your B from the sixties? Key bed to center of the hammer flange center is right on 5 3/4" on=20 this dude. Wally Brooks said that was a little high, everything else=20 measured out pretty much to specs but I could not regulate without=20 burying the jacks in after touch. Also, I could only get 1 3/4" blow=20 distance if I lowered the shanks down to where they were on the=20 cushions. I didn't want to peel off cushion felt since I was afraid=20 that the shank would click on the rep. lever hight screw on a hard=20 blow. Anyway, Wally sent me a set of nice new hammers on 17 mm shanks (center=20= pin to center of knuckle) and it seems to be working very well. I am=20 literally putting the new parts on now so I'll have to get back to you=20= on the end result. Tell me this, when you regulate jack placement under the knuckle, where=20= is it in the rep. window? Mine had to be too far forward to line up=20 with the knuckle molding. The 17 mm shanks seem to be answering all my=20= prayers. The only other alternative seemed to be to lower the stack. =20= I was afraid to do that. I was scared I wouldn't get them level. Let me know what you find. Chris On Jul 19, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel) wrote: > Hi All, > =A0 > I=92m sure somebody out there knows the specs for the distance from = the=20 > keybed to hammerflange center and keybed to wippen center for a=20 > Steinway B. I have these written down somewhere but can=92t find them=20= > and I don=92t trust my memory. I=92m correcting a problematic action = and=20 > believe the stack to be too high since to get the proper blow distance=20= > the shank cushions have been reduced to nubs. The bore distance of the=20= > hammers is correct and the string heights are in the normal range. > =A0 > Thanks! > =A0 > Eric Wolfley, RPT > Supervising Piano Technician > College-Conservatory of Music > University of Cincinnati > =A0 > Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. School of Music, Ohio University Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall Athens, OH 45701 Office (740) 593-1656 Cell (740) 590-3842 fax (740) 593-1429 http://www.ohiou.edu/music ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3372 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/1e/c3/f4/7e/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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