let off gone berzerk

[David Ilvedson]

The let-off rail may be tight but is it level with the rest of the let-off rails?   Is the problem area lower?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Joseph Alkana" <josephspiano at comcast.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 8/30/2006 5:59:16 PM
Subject: Re: let off gone berzerk


>Evil spirits, eh? Well it IS a Wurlitzer :-)
>Joseph Alkana RPT
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:47 PM
>Subject: Re: let off gone berzerk


>>
>>> OK, customer says no power in last octave plus on her run-of-the-mill 
>>> Wurlitzer console. I look at hammer blow and it is at 1 3/4". Let off is 
>>> at 1 1/2".   Yikes, I say! The rest of the keys all let off around 1/8". 
>>> Piano just was moved, but under supervision of owner. No visible signs of 
>>> damage anywhere.
>>
>> Lost motion, maybe LOTS?
>>
>>
>>> Question: How did the last octave plus get in this condition, which 
>>> customer swears is a new problem since move? I'm stumped. I don't want to 
>>> do the adjustment to let off with out understanding the problem of how it 
>>> got so far off in this one area. Should I be looking for something a 
>>> whole lot more hidden?
>>>  Joseph Alkana RPT
>>
>> Either a bent letoff rail bracket, or a split action rail. Or evil 
>> spirits. Not too many doors to chose from.
>> Ron N
>>