Who sells the best center pins?

[gordon stelter]

--- Dave Davis <davistunes@yahoo.com> wrote:

> What would the jig have looked like? Also, which
> tool do you prefer for spoon bending? 
>  
> Dave Davis, RPT
> 
> David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> I take it this is 186 cm grand?  Since it has spoons
> that contact the back of the keys?, I would have
> made a jig and bent the spoons up a tad.  That seems
> much easier and you keep the factory damper
> regulation...;-]
> 
> You need to check subtract upweight from downweight
> and divide by 2 to find if friction is line.  Check
> some flange pinning...
> 
> David I.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Original message
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> To: 
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> Received: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:30:25 EDT
> Subject: raising damper lift to lighten touch
> 
> Far flung friends and fellow techs,
>  
> One nice thing about doing occasional store work is
> that there are lots of guinea pigs to try things out
> on before I do it in a customer's home.  
>  
> Yesterday the manager of one of my store accounts
> said he had a customer who loved the Seiler 186, but
> the touch was a tad too heavy for her tastes.  I
> suggested the least invasive procedure I could think
> of--raising the point of damper lift.  He said okay.
>  
> I regulated the dampers by loosening all the wire
> block screws and lowering the wires, using the
> tray(raised to the proper point) as a guide.  I
> brought the lift point to where the hammer was about
> 2/3 of the way to the string.  To the touch, it felt
> like lift was beginning just before letoff.
>  
> I fine regulated them by adjusting the capstans. 
> (still doesn't look quite as good as a Seiler
> factory job, but it's not bad at all).
>  
> Also needing regulation were:
>  
> The pedal rod
> The trap-stop capstan(what DO you call that,
> anyway?)
> The damper upstop rail
> The sostenuto rod
>  
> In the end, the touch weight was around 5 grams
> lighter, possibly a tad more.  It felt quite good,
> and all of the dampers had plenty of clearance.
>  
> Would regulating spoons or capstans be far more
> difficult or offer other pitfalls?
>  
> This was my first experience with  this particular
> job, and it came out pretty well, but I'd certainly
> appreciate any suggestions from those of you who
> have more experience doing this.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Dave (back on the list after being glued to the Tour
> de France)
> Stahl
>  
> 
> 
> 



		
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