bobble heads

gordon stelter lclgcnp@yahoo.com
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:50:52 -0700 (PDT)


And don't forget "waller'd out"  balance rail pin
holes ( as they say down here! ) i.e.,"pulley" keys!
     Thump

--- Kdivad@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/15/02 7:03:02 PM Central
> Daylight Time, JIMRPT@aol.com 
> writes:
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 15/10/02 6:48:11 PM,
> Wimblees@aol.com writes:
> > 
> > << Some of them are checking, but only on a hard
> blow. 
> > The rest just bobble. New hammers, shanks and
> flanges. >>
> > 
> > Wim check the rep window and make sure the old
> jacks are clearing the new 
> > knuckles.....
> > just a thought..
> > Jim Bryant (FL)
> > 
> 
> Wim, Jim has a good point and the fact of the matter
> is there could be lots 
> of reasons.  Rep spring adjustment, loose action
> frame screws, cracked action 
> rails, tight balancier pins, glazed tails, wrong
> backcheck height or angle, 
> low damper upstop rail, etc.  I had a major
> backcheck problem with a "B" 
> Steinway a short while back and even though I spent
> many hours trying to fix 
> it including calling some high level local
> technicians to no avail, only 
> recently have I come to a conclusion.
> 
> David Koelzer
> Vintage Pianos
> DFW
> 
> 


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