Climbing Mt. Everett: A puzzler

[Tom Driscoll]

Climbing Mt. Everett: A puzzlerAlan,
    My first thought is a shifted keybed ,but if so I would suspect the damper timing to be off and you made no mention .
    Possible broken action bracket (s)or split action rail?
I work on a ton of these and although I consider changing vocations each time I have not seen the symptoms you describe .
    
Tom Driscoll
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alan Barnard 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 5:36 PM
  Subject: Climbing Mt. Everett: A puzzler


  Piano: 70's Everett console in nice overall condition. One owner. Tuned, over the years, but never any other work done or recommended by the tuners

  Problem: Everything wacky. Feels, overall, just lousy when you play. Can't play softly without having notes drop out (not sound), keys feel like they are bottoming out early, many keys bobble, no power. Well, no wonder, notes aren't even letting off, jacks push the hammers to about 1/4" from strings then the key bottoms. Dip, 3/8" or a sixteenth less, very uneven. There were several "sticking" and slow keys that easing at the front rail fixed, but this wasn't the real issue at hand.

  Puzzler: This is a great thinking exercise for anyone interested in upright regulation. What would you look for? What problem(s) do you suspect?

  Alan Barnard
  Salem, MO
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