adjusting capstans

[Jon Page]

At 08:00 AM 01/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I just got an action that I've never seen before and I have a question about
>it. Hopefully some one out there has run in to this. It's a 50 year old
>chickering and the key sticks are not on one plane from front to back. It
>dips down behind the balance rail pin so consequently there is no access to
>the capstan. There is access from the rear of the action but still no room
>to turn them as the back check wires are in the way. How in the world does
>one adjust a hammer line with this sucker?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
>
>Howard S. Rosen, RPT
>7262 Angel Falls Ct.
>Boynton Beach, Fl  33437
>
>hsrosen@gate.net

I presume this is a console. Remove a key, turn the capstan, reinstall key,
check lost motion, remove the key, adjust capstan, reinstall key. Repeat...

The old style uprights with a screw underneath the felt were adjusted like this
before capstans were utilized.

Sit down while you're doing this, have a cuppa nearby,

Regards,
Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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