[CAUT] fallboard vs. keytops

[Fred Sturm]

Glides adjusted very badly (by someone who wanted to increase  
aftertouch perhaps)? Piano dropped in shipment, causing that pin in  
the rim to be pushed downward?
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Sep 1, 2008, at 8:59 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

> List,
>
> Just saw a two year old grand made by a top manufacturer.  The  
> client had complained that the fallboard didn't fit right.  When  
> lifted, it would ride up off the pin on which it rotates on the  
> treble end.  (So it's a "pin in the rim" as opposed to a pin in  
> thefallboard design.)  Upon removing the fallboard , it was apparent  
> that the shipping rail (AKA key hold down rail?--don't have my copy  
> of Mason handy at the moment) was much too high on the treble end.   
> Regulated it correctly, and thefalboard no longer rides up.  NOW the  
> problem is that when the fallboard is raised, it depresses about  
> half the keys, mostly on the treble end.  (I know, I know: depressed  
> keys get Prozac.)  The problem of thefallboard pushing the keys down  
> may have been one of the previous "tooners'" motivation to raise the  
> shipping rail, thereby solving one problem while causing another.   
> (Makes someone who is competent look like a hero by comparison, eh?)
>
> The (original) owner says that no action work (like, say, oh,  
> raising the key height) has been done, and from the wear pattern,  
> that does look to be the case.  I suppose there is a possibility  
> that it came from the manufacturer this way.  It is conceivable that  
> thefallboard had never been on with the action in at the factory  
> until it went out.  At which time either no one noticed (!) or  
> someone did notice but let it go anyway (!!!).  If, however, we  
> assume that "something has gone wrong" that wasn't wrong to begin  
> with, what could it be?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan Eder
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