Ron, answers to your questions inserted below. Thanks for your interest. Mike > [Original Message] > From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <spalding48@earthlink.net> > Date: 5/27/2003 9:37:30 PM > Subject: Re: captured action > > > >I need help figuring out how to get the action out of an Estey baby grand. > >As it sits, the bass hammers are 1/4 to 1/2 inch higher than the bottom of > >the stretcher. Blow distance is 2", the shanks are settled firmly on the > >rest rail felt. > > Terrific, another "locked door murder" puzzle. I assume the perpetrator > wasn't a criminal genius, so the action was gotten in there somehow, then > something fairly simple (I hope) was changed. Does the stretcher look > "painted in" where it contacts the rim, or is there an obvious gap between > the two? Looks "painted" (lacquered, actually) in, but also looks like it's been messed up a little over the years. No gap. This is the mystery attachment point. Is there no contact at all between stretcher and pinblock, as in - > can you insert something between the two so it can be seen underneath and > slide it from rim to rim without hitting anything? No contact between the stretcher and pinblock. 1cm or more gap. > Is there enough compression slack to the shank rest felts to insert a piece > of poster board between the spreader and hammers and shoehorn the action > out with it? Does raising the glide bolts get you any clearance? No compression slack in the rest felt. I should have said "shanks are settled firmly into the rest rail felt" > With a two inch blow distance, and no clearance at the stretcher, something > is really strange. What's the key dip, by the way? Key dip is around 3/8, not enough to achieve let-off on most notes. This piano was recently inherited and moved from Gramma's on the coast hasn't been played since no-one remembers when, now they're wondering what it would take to make it playable. (So am I ) > > Ron N
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