Dekalb deregulation

[Keith McGavern]

>Just my luck.  I know, Dekalb = Wurltizer.
>
>Anyway, if you believe the number written in ball point pen on the plate,
>it's a
>1918  4? foot grand.  Yes, it's been "rebuilt."

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>Does anyone know the proper regulating dimensions of this piano?  What are the
>implications of the drop screws being turned up all the way and there still
>being excessive drop?  I might add that these seem to be original action parts,
>except for the hammers.
>Larry Gardner, RPT

My first thought, Larry, is that the knuckles are flattened and need to be
bolstered.  Then re-regulate hammer distance to strings, let-off, drop, and
whatever else shows its face after the bolster job.

Keith McGavern, RPT
kam544@ionet.net
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA