No. You shim the flange on the hammer side which will raise the flange away from the jack. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Greg Newell Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:27 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Steinway action noise If I understand you correctly you mean to tilt the flange back toward the hammer? Won't that make the jack contact even earlier? I know I'm missing something here. Greg -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:52 AM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Steinway action noise You could also remove the flanges and shim the front of the hammer flange rail with a strip or two of heavy paper packing tape. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of A440A at aol.com Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:23 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: Steinway action noise Greg writes: << . I've forgotten the numbers but remember these are Steinway parts. I wouldn't expect to get something too far out here. >> (ahem), Steinway offers a variety of parts,and there have been stock parts sent me that certainly did not fit. The jack/hammerflange contact is not unheard of. Your problem is more likely in the rails than the parts. If the hammerflange rail is just slightly rotated, there is interference. The pin to pin distance may be correct, but the flange will be out of place. Ususally when this happens, the drop screws are turned all the way up. If no new parts are available, you can often stop the problem by removing the proximal half of the jack, near the top. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> See what's new at http://www.aol.com</HTML>
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