[pianotech] Retrofitting a Steinway w/adjustable back action

[Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft]

Thanks Ron and David. Just what I needed.

Al


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From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:21 PM
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Retrofitting a Steinway w/adjustable back action

>
> Here are a couple of other photos.  The capstans are from Schaff.  Sadly,
> they no longer carry the 11/16" long ones (559C on page 132) which are
> perfect length and you have to go to the next one 559 D which sometimes
> require trimming when the protrude through the bottom of the damper tray.
> But being brass that's not too difficult.  The recess in the tray can be
> easily done with a laminate trimmer base (Porter Cable model 3091) which
> happens to index perfectly off the Renner tray without a jig, and a small
> router bit.  Some people also use a table saw for that operation.  It's
> pretty easy and beats cutting little strips of sandpaper and shoving it
> under a piece of felt.
>
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>