Lost Motion Adjustment

[Farrell]

OH, shoot! I forgot to look for a keybed height adjustment!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:07 PM
Subject: Lost Motion Adjustment


> 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
>
>