At 08:14 AM 1/12/01 -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?>>>>>>
>
Hi Howard,
I recall a similar instrument some time ago. On closer
examination, the capstan had a square section that the traditional capstan
holes were drilled through. I managed to fashion an off set wrench and
adjust them by feel from the front. Time I was finished there was no skin
left on my knuckles. Trust me, I never set my normal 4-5 hammer lines,
through the regulation process.
It may be worth a second look.
Roger
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