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<div>><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">Can someone
please tell me the measurement/width of an original <br>
>Steinway D bass cleat ? (i.e.- with original white action
cloth/felt)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">I'll get the ball
rolling...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">There is no 'exact'
measurement, at least none that</font> they'd be held to.</div>
<div>In that each piano is hand-crafted, e-hem, ...each piano is
different.</div>
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<div>The underlevers need to be on the treble side of the key so that
when the</div>
<div>action shifts, the damper is still on the key and the key end
lifter felt does</div>
<div>not lift the adjacent damper.</div>
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<div>When having this problem on a 15 y/o L, I had to move the stack
back about 3 mm</div>
<div>in the bass and 1 mm in the treble. (Grind the back edge of
the bracket or remove</div>
<div>wood from the cleats, I prefer to grind). Screw holes will need
to be plugged and</div>
<div>relocated.</div>
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<div>So look at stack placement (are the capstans on the same portion
of the wippen</div>
<div>cushion 1-88), action frame placement (I've had to move the bass
end registering pin</div>
<div>many times), are the dampers located properly.. Maybe the action
has to shift to the</div>
<div>left and the underlever tray has to as well (been there, done
that). How are you at</div>
<div>rebending damper wires?</div>
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<div>Are the shanks long enough???</div>
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<div>Just 'cause it's a D, don't assume perfection.</div>
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<div>I imagine there's a sign on the factory wall:</div>
<div>JUST MAKE IT WORK</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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