Thanks Newton. I need to go see her about a sticky key and I will look. "It's always sumpthin!" Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 12:06 PM Subject: Re: Lost Motion Adjustment > There should be a screw under the felt on the key. Or the point on the > wippen may be adjustable. > > Newton > > Farrell wrote: > > > > I won't tell you all about my bad day Friday. It started out with a "Grand" > > (mfg.) piano (oh, yuk!), and ended up with the highlight of the day - by far > > the most decent piano of the day - a Story & Clark console. > > > > BUT I will tell you about the 1897 Emerson 48" upright I ran into. The > > wippens laid directly on the back ends of the keys - no stickers, no > > capstans, etc. The rear key area had an approx. 3/8" thick piece of wood > > glued to top with a piece of action cloth attached to top. The wippen had a > > rounded wooden heel that rested directly upon the action cloth of the key. > > There appear no way to adjust lost motion, except to replace action cloth > > with perfect thickness cloth that will not compress. Am I missing something > > here? It is not a rocker setup either. The thin block of wood attached to > > the top of the key is glued along its entire length to the key. There is not > > way to adjust, save move the action up or down. > > > > Wazzzzzzzuuuuuuuppppppp here? Could it be? > > > > Terry Farrell
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