Austrian Keutschera grand

[larudee@pacbell.net]

Jim,

Sure sounds like a Viennese action to me, although I don't know why it would
have been so difficult to remove.  I just drops down as it slides forward.
It's a little more difficult to get it back in, but easy enough with
practice.  My own piano is one of these, but it's not like I work on a large
number of these instruments.

Paul S. Larudee

"Jim Coleman, Sr." wrote:

> This past weekend I was in Oakland area where I saw a grand action that I
> could not figure out how to remove for repairs. It was in a Keutschera
> Grand. The piano had been refinished and was impeccable in appearance.
> The action had rocker arms in place of capstan screws. There was a
> strange action where the hammers were pivoted from the back instead of
> the front. When looking into the action cavity, the first thing I saw was
> a stationary rail holding stationary backchecks to which the hammers would
> check. The action was higher than the bottom of the pinblock. I know of
> some european actions where a tray must be slid forward and out of the
> cavity so that the action and keys can drop down for removal purposes.
> This action was not like that. There was no tray
>
> Can someone give me some help on this if you know this particular piano?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Coleman, Sr.