I think that you're right Fred. Raising the whole stack probably would have brought the jack-knuckle lining up better. But, when you have just a few hours to voice, regulate and tune a piano that had been left outdoor under a tent for a week with rainstorms, hot spells, cold nights etc, you do what you can. But I think now (that I have to time do think) that raising the stack could have made the piano play better. Since this was a rental that I probably will never see again, I'll probably just word my suggestions to the dealer and let him do whatever he wants. Thanks for the insight. Marcel From: fssturm at unm.edu To: caut at ptg.org Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:56:25 -0600 Subject: Re: [CAUT] S & S D rest cushions On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Marcel Carey wrote: Hi, this is what I found in a S & S D that was rented from the Mtl Dealer. I suspect major geometry problems as the shanks were really high from the original cushions. But... was this the real solution? Repetition was realy problematic and regulation in general wasn't better than the solution adopted by the previous "tech". Some days are worst than others. Marcel Carey Sherbrooke, QC Here is my temporary solution to the same (more or less) problem. In this case, the bore distance was too short, and it had the added attraction of the tails being too short, so checking was about 7/8". I had peeled cushions on a Steinway grand with the opposite problem (hammers resting on the felts with a decent blow distance), so I just took the peelings and tack glued them on those red cushions. Worked fine for a few years. This last summer I finally replaced the action parts (80s teflon), and have a nice playing piano. In any case, though, it is better to have those cushions close to the shanks, regardless of the other problems that probably go along with shanks too far above the cushions. (I had had problems of what Eric called "catastrophic action failure" in a thread a good while back - notes that would suddenly not play because of the jack not being able to get back under the knuckle). A better solution might be to shim up the action frame, depending on what effect it might have on other things. A little experimenting would reveal whether or not it would be more helpful than harmful (install shims temporarily, regulate a few notes). However, in your case, with such a relatively new piano, I would want to do some serious investigation. It looks like some pretty incompetent techs have been involved, putting graphite over emralon being one bit of evidence, another being the strip of red felt. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu _________________________________________________________________ Avec Windows Live, vous gardez le contact avec tous vos amis au même endroit. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660830 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090814/3b7d3b7a/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 100_0764.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 24235 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090814/3b7d3b7a/attachment-0002.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 100_0763.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 25410 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090814/3b7d3b7a/attachment-0003.jpg>
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