[CAUT] Renner back action

[Jeff Tanner]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL at ucmail.uc.edu>
To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Renner back action


> Jeff and All,
>
> I've replaced a number of Teflon-era Steinway back-actions with the 
> current part and have found that it is indeed a very simple operation when 
> ordering the replacement part from Steinway. The part costs $814 for the 
> S/M/L/O or A/B and $851 for a C/D. You simply align it right to left using 
> a few samples and locate and drill a shallow hole for the pitman punching 
> to ride in. On older instruments that don't have a floating pitman it is a 
> simple and highly recommended operation to convert it which usually takes 
> me about 20 minutes. The last replacement job I did took less than an hour 
> before starting to install the dampers. I have had to shorten the damper 
> wires on a few instruments and the sostenuto tabs stick out a little 
> further which necessitates re-regulating the sostenuto rod location. I 
> don't know how much a Renner back action costs but it seems like the 
> Steinway part might be a good alternative (for Steinways only of course) 
> when you add up the labor costs.
>
> Eric

That is consistent with what I was told, and is why I ordered the Steinway 
back action.  I just never got to try it.
Jeff