Action mounted to rubber? reply

[pianoman]

Hi Wally,
The same thing happened while I was working for a Wurli dealer back in the
late 60's.  We wound up very carefully measuring and drilling from the back
side of the piano and pushing out the remnants,  Took several trys to get
it.  I always put lube on Wurlis and Kimball screws in situations like that
since then.  The Kimballs react like they were never were made to unscrew
but to make rigid the whole case to keybed.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
Piano Service and Piano Periperals
pianoman@inlink.com          "Nothing else matters but the fire in my eyes
and singing our favorite song"

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> From: Wallace Scherer <WallyTS@compuserve.com>
> To: pianotechlist <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Action mounted to rubber?
> Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 6:58 AM
> 
> Hey everybody, I could use some help with this one.
> 
> Last week I was in a customer's home working on her Wurlitzer console.
This
> is the one where the action is fastened to the frame with long screws
with
> spacers. After some minor work to the action, I was reinstalling the four
> screws. The first three seemed to be going in fine, but the one farthest
to
> the right felt a little rubbery. It was going in, but a bit tighter than
> the other ones, and seemed to spring back a bit after each turn. With
just
> about and inch left to go, it suddenly freed up - broke off down inside
the
> hole, behind the plate.
> 
> I showed the problem to the owner, secured the other three screws well,
and
> showed her that it still worked, though the action did flex a bit when
> stepping on the sustain pedal. At least the sustain pedal didn't creak
like
> it did before, which I think was caused by misalignment of this action
> screw. I told her I would have to get back with her when I figured what
to
> do about the broken off screw.
> 
> The mounting bracket on the action didn't seem to line up very well with
> the hole in the plate when I sighted along it. The other three lined up
> fine. The end of the broken off screw is about 1/4 of an inch behind the
> back of the plate.
> 
> Any ideas as to what to do? I suspect a manufacturing defect, but the
piano
> is too old for any manufacturer (now Baldwin) corrections, I would
suppose.
> 
> Wally Scherer
> Norfolk, VA, USA
> E-mail me at WallyTS@iName.com
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