Old Starr Grand

[Roger Jolly]

Terry,
         try gluing a slip of veneer along the bottom of the jack, you
might get lucky and have a strong repair.
Roger


At 09:04 PM 02/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Was asked today to do some "minor" regulating on an old (1934) (Starr?) 
>Grand. Turned out the key slip was slightly warped causing some hi treble 
>keys to stick...fixed that. Then i had to fashion some "pins" to replace 2 
>missing brass ones that support the music desk. Then, i noticed when i 
>depressed the soft pedal, the action moved so far to the right, that the 
>hammers were now striking the next key up! I found the spring steel return 
>was very weak, so i bent it; this helped...also, I could tell this problem 
>had been there for a LONG time, as the string cuts on the hammers showed 
>that the strike point was not centered, so it didnt take much pressure on 
>the soft pedal to move the action too far, thus playing the next notes. I 
>also limited the pedal movement so it wouldn't go so far. Oh..when i first 
>removed the action, I noiticed a small piece of wood that had apparently 
>broken off some time before..it was a jack toe/tender. I tried to glue it 
>back with crazy glue gel, but it wouldn't set...tomorrow I will use hot 
>glue. This piano is very old and has been sold, so they will be happy if i 
>can glue the piece back on. I am hoping it will hold up to repeated use. My 
>other option is to replace the whole jack, but this is a last resort.
>
>Terry
>
>
>
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Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505