Just keep turning. Eventually the screws will come out. Take note of their original position. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: Knight jack stop rail > Customer has a 1963ish Knight console. The jacks have its own stop rail, > whereas on most pianos the letoff rail also has a felt strip on the back > to dampen the impact of the jacks so as not to "click". The knight has > BOTH a letoff rail AND a separate jack stop rail, but for some strange > unknown reason, the latter was originally backed with FOAM instead of > felt! Of course after 40 odd years that foam has literally turned to > powder and the residue was everywhere! So after cleaning the action and > doing some other repairs, I tried to remove the rail so I could back it > with a fresh strip of felt....But I cannot figure out how to get it out! > It has four adjusting screws like those used for the letoff buttons, only > these are longer and go through the rail and continue a couple more inches > into the action frame. Turning each screw only results in moving the rail > closer or further from the jacks,but does not appear to allow for the > removal of the rail. So, I'm hoping someone here has experience with this > configuration and can advise me on the correct removal of this rail. Since > the rail is without backing at this point, the jacks do make audible > clicks when playing, so maybe by regulating the rail so it's farther away > from the jacks would lessen or stop the clicks? Thanks in advance for any > help in this matter. > > Terry Peterson > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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