---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 8/12/2004 5:01:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes: --On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:45 PM -0400 Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: HI Fred Thanks for the on topic response. I appreciate your points & I think your words re-enforce again a strong case for this type of jigs availability. These are some points I hadn't thought about. It would be such an arsenal for action geometry & weight control. Really. I was shocked at how easy this was. Regards Dale > How many of us would be interested in a jig like this? Let me know. > What would it be worth to purchase a premade jig from Spurlock or Farrel > or anyone willing to make it.? Just curious Cheers > Dale Erwin Hi Dale, I'd be very interested. There are a lot of cases out there where knuckle replacement would be a good thing, if the job were fairly easy and predictable, and it sounds like the jig does that. I'm thinking 1) All those replaced Steinway actions where the poor tech was well-meaning and was reproducing the original geometry - how many thousands of those are out there? I confess to contributing a couple or three myself. A shame to throw away all that work and all those parts to get it right, when a simple morning's work could get it just as right. 2) Lots of knuckles out there that are impregnated thoroughly with graphite grease, shanks otherwise not too bad. 3) Hard knuckles. A lot of those coming out of China at the moment, especially troublesome when in connection with player units (customer buys piano to provide nice background music for parties. Hammers pretty hard, music too loud. Customer adjusts player to pianissimo. Return noise turns out to be louder than music. I've come across a couple cases of this in recent days - return noise is exacerbated by the fact that the solenoids retract faster than a pianist's fingers). So availability of such a jig would be a real boon to the industry, IMO. As it stands now, I shy away from such jobs because they are so unpredictable. Sometimes the old knuckles come out real slick and easy, and the new ones fit right into the old groove. Sometimes. With this jig, you'd have complete control. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6a/60/b4/48/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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