Steinway hammer alignment

kam544@flash.net kam544@flash.net
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 02:03:38 -0500


>...On a 100 year old Knabe I service, the keyframe stop block?(Merle's book
>doesn't name or show it) does not have any cloth attached to it....
>David I.

David, List,

I have a 1912 Knabe Grand with no cloth as you describe.  Certainly unique!

Wonder what their reasoning behind that design feature was as opposed to
the commonly found strip of felt found on most grands?

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA




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