---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/2/2002 7:21:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: > Subj: Re: plate warping in 1877 Steinway B? > Date: 12/2/2002 7:21:53 AM Pacific Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > I agree with Terrys question and It would be helpful to know if > this is a plate with full webbing that sits on acoustic dowells or the > older type that sits on a wooden spacer that the plate sits flush on. (or > is supposed to) . 3 inches of flex says somethings really wrong. If it were > me I'd be concerned. !877 is old. When you screw the tail down its going to > put some torque on the pinblock. It's possible its just a fluke warp but I > recommend looking again carefully at every thing. Maybe it was sitting to > high on the nose and strut bolts. Don't break any thing!!!! You're kinda of > second hand information as you were't the original re whateverer person > you're at a disatvantage as to some possiblr particulars. Some plate flex is no real concern and usual but if the piano is getting a new belly I have the freedom to set it up with no plate flex at all. Dale Erwin > > Are we 100% sure the new pinblock sets at the original height and the top > surface is at the original angle? > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Shaffer" <ron1685@yahoo.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:53 PM > Subject: plate warping in 1877 Steinway B? > > > I am assisting a technician who has replaced the > pinblock and board in a Steinway B. The frame has been > out of the piano for about 5 months. As we are fitting > it back in, it is not at all close to sitting tightly > on the front or rear sections of the inner rim. If I > clamp the front down tightly, the rear (tail) will > raise about three inches (the new pinblock is exactly > where the old one was). Is this normal? I was worried > that bolting it down that much would stress the plate. Thanks. > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/76/5e/b0/70/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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