Old piano new action

[Alan Barnard]

Ah, Shteinvay ... never out of date. 

I'm guessing some unscrewedpulous tech swapped actions in order to get rid of the Teflon action. (Well, weirder things have happened.)



Alan Barnard

Salem, MO









Original message

From: "William Benjamin" 

To: pianotech at ptg.org

Received: 8/11/2007 1:12:50 PM

Subject: Old piano new action





List,

This time I have really run into something strange.   Customer has a Steinway S serial number, 283983 which indicates it is an older grand.   She even had the receipt from 1939 where her grandmother paid $850 for the piano.

Here is the problem, it has an accelerated action with Teflon bushings.   Sorry, I did not look at the damper stack, but it has newer hammers and wippins.   Has there been a practice in the past of installing modern actions in older grands?

This is a first for me, anyone want to enlighten me?

William

PIANO BOUTIQUE

William Benjamin

Piano Tuner Extraordinaire

www.pianoboutique.biz

The tuner alone,

preserves the tone.
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