let off gone berzerk

[Mark Schecter]

Could it be a pencil or something rolled in there, and now it's cradled 
on the jacks, hidden from sight by the letoff rail? The jack tail starts 
moving when the pencil hits the letoff button?

-Mark Schecter

Joseph Alkana wrote:
> I thought it was when I was there, but maybe it wasn't. What seemed odd 
> was that the attach point didn't match where the problem area was. Kind 
> of hard to explain, but the affected area happens right in the middle of 
> two attach points. The difference is stark and abrupt difference in 
> let-off. 1/8" to 1 1/2" note to note.
> 
> I'm not going to see this creature for six weeks but I'll post what I 
> find and how it came out then.
> Joseph Alkana RPT
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: let off gone berzerk
> 
> 
>> 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
>>>>
>>
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