grand action problem

[Scott Helms]

Well, I wouldn't call myself a regulation expert, and certainly not an
expert on action geometry, but I have been an RPT for 4 years now, and
have probably regulated 10-15 grand actions in the last 6 or so years. I
can do a decent job regulating an action, given there's nothing wierd
going on like in this piano! I have been in several regulation and
rebuilding classes at national and regional PTG institutes, and have heard
discussions there about the "magic line", action metrology, etc, but have
never had occasion to address these kinds of problems in a hands-on way. I
guess it would be easiest to say that troubleshooting of this magnitude is
all in my notes, but not yet in my hands.

-Scott
-- 
Scott A. Helms, RPT
Helms Music Enterprises
(269) 381-4521
www.helmsmusic.net

Richard Brekne said:
> Scott Helms wrote:
>
>>Sorry Ric, Jon, et al - I didn't in any way mean to imply that I was
>>ignoring your advice! I just have a tendency to "think out loud" as I'm
>>discussing options in this kind of situation. I actually don't have the
>>action now - it belongs to a church and they had to have it back for a
>>rehearsal yesterday, so I explained that it needed more extensive work
>>than I had time to finish and we scheduled an appt. for me to pick the
>>action back up and have another go at it. Once I get it back in my shop,
>>I'll take a closer look at action spread, hammer bore, etc. and let you
>>know what I find. Sorry if I ruffled any feathers! Thank you very much
>> for
>>the help!
>>
>>
> No feathers ruffled as far as I can see. Jon is a good internet friend
> and I've come to value his advice and comments greatly. Sometimes we
> dont always see things the same way, sometimes we just read too fast,
> but most times we end up on the same side of the fence chomping on the
> greenest lawn.
>
> But whilst I got your ear... like I said... your 7 mm thingy is like a
> mile when it comes to letoff... that would point me in the direction of
> looking for something very wrong witht he piano... so dont just look at
> the action alone. Give the whole keybed / keyframe a good lookover.
> Also.. why dont you give us an idea of your relative level of
> profieciency sost we all know just how much we can assume you know from
> the get go... eh ?
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>