strange action configuration in Sejung

[gordon stelter]

How about an "offset" adjuster? Have one?
     Thump

--- Z! Reinhardt <diskladame@provide.net> wrote:
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Dave Nereson 
>   To: Pianotech 
>   Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 4:11 AM
>   Subject: Re: strange action configuration in
> Sejung
> 
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Piannaman@aol.com 
>     To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>     Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 12:28 AM
>     Subject: strange action configuration in Sejung
> 
> 
>     List, 
> 
>     Today I was prepping a brand new Vivace piano,
> made in China by Sejung.  I regulated and aligned
> the capstans, and was about to regulate the let-off
> when I noticed something strange:  the jack-stop
> rail is directly above he eyelets for the regulating
> buttons.  There is NO room to get the regulating
> tool in there.  IN order to access the eyelets, I'll
> have to bend the jack-stop rail a fair amount.  What
> were they thinking:  that the let-off would be set
> for life?   
> 
>     Any ideas?  Is this a weird configuration or
> what?   
> 
>     Dave Stahl 
> 
>      <<What were they thinking:  that the let-off
> would be set for life?>>
> 
>         Yes, that's exactly what they were thinking.
>  It's amazing how many things in pianos are designed
> with the underlying thought that "Our pianos are
> perfect; nobody'll ever need to adjust this or get a
> tool in here ."
>         If the props for the jack stop rail turn
> easily, I would turn it in far enough to be able to
> regulate let-off.  If that prevents the jacks from
> coming far enough away from the butts, then try
> bending the rail up.  Do you have the type of
> eye-screw regulator that lets you turn the screws at
> an angle?  Or are they the spade type?
>         It'd be a big hassle, but you could remove
> the jack stop rail, regulate let-off, then put it
> back.  
>         --David Nereson, RPT  
> 
>     Either it's "Our pianos are perfect" or it's
> "The customer will never notice" if these are meant
> to be entry-level pianos.  How many times are we
> asked by dealers "just tune it, and make sure that
> when you push a key down, the hammer hits the
> strings" ?  In other words, "don't worry about the
> regulation."  
> 
>     On the flip side, how many times have customers
> called for tuning appointments and when asked if
> there were any technical problems, answered that
> they were not aware of any?  Then when we get there,
> we find all kinds of problems ......
> 
>     Z! Reinhardt  RPT
>     Ann Arbor  MI
>     diskladame@provide.net
> 
> 


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