[CAUT] Bore distances for Steinway L

Paul T Williams pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
Thu May 27 08:54:35 MDT 2010


Hi all,

It's been years since I bored my own hammers and need a number.  What is a 
proper bore distance for a Steinway L (1924).  I installed some Abel 
Naturals last fall and the project went on hold while the piano got a new 
board and bridges. I just measured A-0 and it's 2-1/8".   I'm trying to 
regulated the action and am having a tough time for some reason. 

The key level and dip is factory perfect, I've got the proper blow 
distance of 1.75". I can't get let off any closer than 1/4"!! The rebuild 
was done right and the plate is the same height as before.  I've even 
tried to raise the blow a bit, and still can't get it to let off 
correctly. The frame is perfectly bedded.  The wips are old, but in pretty 
good shape.  I started at A-0 and only tried 5-6 notes before writing 
yall.

I'm wondering what's going on.  Any thoughts of what to check next?

Paul
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