Shift Problems

[Alan R. Barnard]

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Dunno about this one, but I had to completely remove the stop screw and =
the leather pad it hit in order to get enough shift in a brand new =
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Is Steinway watching there specs and tolerances?

Alan

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From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: Shift Problems


> List,
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> I ran into a new problem today I've never had before on a
> Steinway 'B'.
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> The piano is one Abbey Simon uses in his studio and he's been
> complaining that there wasn't enough difference when he uses the
> "soft" pedal and there's too much noise when shifting.
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> While working on it today, I discovered that the noise is because
> the keyframe is hitting the cheek block instead of the stop screw
> (wood hitting wood).
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> With the block out, the action travelled a good bit further so I
> adjusted the screw to stop the noise. But now, as it was before,
> the action isn't travelling far enough to clear the left string,
> which was the basic problem to begin with (except for the noise).
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> I don't see anything I can do to make the action shift further
> except reduce the thickness of the cheek block. The hammers are
> very well aligned to the strings, so that's not the problem.
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> Any ideas I've overlooked? The piano is only about 1 yr. old. The
> 5 yr. old one shifts much further and is fine. Thanks for any
> ideas.
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> Avery
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