Steinway hammer alignment

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:23:41 -0700


Is yours noisy?  Unless I abruptly let up the shift pedal it isn't too
bad...yet I would think cloth would improve it...

David I.

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On 10/17/01 at 2:03 AM kam544@flash.net wrote:

>>...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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