On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Lawrence A. Gardner wrote: > Since I noticed some hammers blocking, I went ahead and adjusted the letoff on > all 88 notes, and since I noticed some excessive(!) drop I then pulled the > action to regulate it. Low and behold, on most of the notes the drop screw was > already as high as it would go against the flange. Hi Larry, These two things would make me suspicious that the action brackets were expanding (pot metal). Take a look at them. If they are, they would be a dull grey color with cracks running along them. Another tip-off is that sometimes tuners will shim one of the rails as a stop-gap (doesn't really correct the problem - just keeps it playing for a while longer). The solution for this is replacement with cast iron brackets. I've done this a couple of times. It's a pretty big job, but satisfying that you know you've really corrected the problem. If you need help convincing the owners, you can tell them that the brackets usually keep expanding until the piano won't play anymore. Mark Story, RPT mstory@ewu.edu Eastern Washington University Music Department Cheney, Washington, USA http:www.class.ewu.edu/MUSIC/Department/music.html
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