Unfortunately, they seem to be rusted in place. Thanks. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Cole" <tcole@cruzio.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 11:18 PM Subject: Re: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan? > John, > > You may have the best solution for the circumstance, but it occurs to me > that these "nails" may be a bit loose in the key stick by now. I mean, how > much of an interference fit could there be to start with, and then wood > shrinkage / grain crush? So a little hard playing and it knocks the > capstans into the wood and you have lost motion. > > I have this fantasy that you could raise the capstans with a small pry bar > and tap them down with a hammer to just right - you'd have to pull each > key a time or two for the tapping. Then fix the whole set of them with > some thin CA glue. Might be how they did it in the factory ('cept for the > CA). > > Tom Cole > > John Ross wrote: > >> Unfortunately Ron, I can't escape this one. It is one that was donated to >> my Legion, and I tune it for free, once a year. >> I was hoping a special tool was available. >> It is playable, just a few need the excess lost motion taken out. >> I don't tune it again till next November. I will go the cheap, free to >> them way, of gluing something onto the "capstans", for the real bad ones. >> If the rest of the piano was in good shape, I would donate installation >> of capstans. But it is not, so cheap is the way to go. >> I am surprised, that no one else has run into a piano, with this excuse >> for a capstan. >> John M. Ross >> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> >> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:10 PM >> Subject: Re: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan? >> >> >>>> Hi Ron. >>>> >>>> Bah, and then, if you were a sculptor, would you choose clay (sooo >>>> easy) or marble (sooo difficult) for your next masterpiece ? What >>>> would you >>>> make tend toward one or the other material ? >>> >>> >>> I'd chose the clay for playing with, and the marble for the finished >>> work (unless I cast the clay in bronze), but this is an entirely >>> different thing. We aren't making a masterpiece with this old capstan >>> challenged upright. It's a no pay, maximum aggravation, zero expectation >>> lost cause that realistically passed it's life expectancy many >>> (manymanymany) years ago. If I was trapped into adjusting lost motion in >>> this critter, I'd just cut my losses, add real capstans, and escape as >>> quickly, cheaply, and thoroughly as possible with a promise to myself to >>> do everything I could to avoid being in that situation again. It doesn't >>> always work, naturally, because we always eventually find ourselves in >>> another no win situation. It's the nature of us. >>> >>> >>>> Beware, as the answer on this question will tell much about the >>>> intimate you. >>> >>> >>> Too late! I'm exposed. >>> >>> >>> >>> No peeking. >>> >>> Ron N >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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