>.. how do you know for sure the felt squares that the hammer rest rail are resting on are origional ?.< I removed the felt squares from under the hammer rail to exazmine them; they certainly appear original. I have indeed encountered verts where the previous "tech" had "padded" or built-up the rail with felt (sometimes even with what appeared to be a snippet of muting felt!) in order to quickly eliminate lost motion..boy I HATE that! L A Z Y !!! Anyway, since my post I have increased blow to within the recommended range as set forth in the actual Wurlitzer service manual for this specific piano, which is "1 5/8"- 1 7/8". Much more power now! Terry Peterson ----Original Message Follows---- From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Re: spinet hammer blow Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 13:09:36 +0100 When you ask ,,,, "should I leave well enough alone..." then its good to know something about the owner, what their needs are, what they can afford... etc. That said, a question.. how do you know for sure the felt squares that the hammer rest rail are resting on are origional ?. They could be of course... but pushing the hammer rail up this way is a classic quick trick for certain action conditions that a tech for whatever reason doesnt have the time to address more thoroughly. However... if the piano is indeed otherwise just dandy to play on... then why fix what isnt broke ? RicB pianolover 88 wrote: > Got a 1967 wurlitzer spinet. Virtually perfect, UNused condition. little or > no wear on action; which brings me to this point: Action in good regulation, > except the hammer blow distance is only 1 3/8"! Slightly less in the bass. > ONE HALF INCH closer to the strings than the usual > 1 7/8". Hammer rail height has not been altered from factory. The action > works just fine the way it is, so should I leave well enough alone, or > REMOVE some felt from under the hammer rail? (Btw, the hammer rail is > resting firmly on the felt squares, which are original, and have not been > heightened, and the hammer stems are also resting on the rail, with > capstans (sticker wires) correctly adjusted.) > > Terry Peterson > > _________________________________________________________________ > Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus scan > online from McAfee. > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _________________________________________________________________ See when your friends are online with MSN Messenger 6.0. Download it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com
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