[CAUT] balancier/wippens report

[Israel Stein]

At 08:14 AM 12/16/2006, you wrote:
>>Nothing I have tried seems to work. So for now, I give up. But if
>>anyone has another answer, I will be glad to try again.
>>
>>Wim
>>Willem Blees, RPT
>>Piano Tuner/Technician
>>School of Music
>>University of Alabama
>>Tuscaloosa, AL USA
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>What is the length of the tails and what is the condition of the buckskin?
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>Regards,
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>Jon Page

Jon,

You may be on to something here. So far I had two Steinways with 
seemingly "intractable" checking problems - one B at San Francisco 
State and one D in a client's home. Everything mentioned on this list 
in this thread was tried (and a few more things too), and nothing 
seemed to work. Replacing the backchecks with the Tokiwa- made 
old-style Steinway backchecks (longer) cleared up all the problems on 
both pianos ($150/set, Pianotek). It seems that on a lot of them the 
hammer tails are just too short for the new style, shorter backchecks...

Israel Stein