Stuck action

[Fenton Murray]

I just finished the S&S O that I posted a while back. I think it's the one 
you're thinking of. The hammer rail was destroyed by the time I finally got 
it out. I had John Dewey replace the rails and supply me with low profile 
screws. All is well now, but the customer paid dearly for this screw up by 
another tech. The action had been 'rebuilt' with all new action parts, then 
installed, never to be removed again, until I came along. I still can't 
believe someone could cash that check and not be scared to death the phone 
would ring.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:58 PM
Subject: Stuck action


> When the problem of a reduced height between keybed and pinblock, making 
> it
> imposible to withdraw the action, was described on here some weeks ago, I
> thought "Well, that's probably something I'll never come across".  This
> afternoon I did!
>
> I wanted to pull the action to check the regulation of a note and to check 
> a
> problem with damper lift, and couldn't.
>
> You can see the grooves cut in the underside of the pinblock by the top of
> the drop screws, where someone in the past has forced the action out. It's
> now beyond even forcing.  If I need to pull the action out on a future
> visit, I will have to file 88 little grooves!
>
> Sorry about the poor picture quality.  The piano is a Steimeyer, looks 
> 1930s
> or maybe a bit older.
>
> Best,
>
> David.
>