At 17:08 12/10/2006, you wrote: >Was tuning an older well-refurbished Steinway O last week and ran >across one note that that did not play when I hit it soundly to tune it. >Obviously, it was a jack slipping out under the knuckle. The owner >was not interested in fixing it as he never plays that note loudly. >:-) (He's 92) It's Christmas season and I thought I'd do a good >deed and reach in with my tool and turn that jack screw one way or >the other and fix the problem. I take off the fallboard and reach >in, but no jack adjustment screw on the whippen. What the...? All >the jacks are resting against a felt cushion (not in a window) with >no way to adjust them. Was I drinking too much egg nog or sleeping >during whippens101? > >Phil Ryan >Miami Beach >www.ryanpianoservice.com I don't think Steinway had jack adjust screws until about 1910. It's fun replacing/fluffing those felts... ;-} Conrad Hoffsommer Early to rise: early to bed; Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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