Tom, Well, take the glide bolt out, and use a dremel tool cutting disk and put a slot in the top of the stud. Ken Gerler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner at verizon.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fw: 4 pictures for you > Ron, > Mine eyes have been opened ! > In my Dean Garten inspired Spa treatment for the Piano I bed the frame > and adjust glides with the action stack on, and the keys removed . Others > might have a different method, but with the keys out I can thump away on > rails and be more sure of solid contact to the bed . If the dang thing had > a slot cut in the top of the stud I could still adjust from the top but > for the few minutes it takes to adjust the glide from the bottom any > retrofit is probably more trouble than it's worth. > The reasoning for this was escaping me -- until now . > Thanks , > Tom D > > >> Tom Driscoll wrote: >>> I have a question about the glides on this Kawai keyframe. The second >>> glide from the bass end has no adjustment screw on the top and is shaped >>> different from the others underneath. I've seen this set up on other >>> Kawai frames, most recently on a Boston grand made by Kawai. >>> In order to adjust that glide the keyframe has to pulled and it is >>> adjusted from below . It takes a few tries to get it right but I just >>> can't figure out the logic on why this one glide is different from the >>> others. Ideas? >>> Tom D. >> >> Tom, >> I see a glide positioned where one proved to be necessary long past the >> initial scale design phase. Since it didn't happen to fall in a scale >> break, there wasn't really room for it to be accessible from the top >> without whacking out most of the (x2) adjacent keys' width at the >> buttons, they did the plan B underside adjustment special. I see the >> available options as: leave it alone (though it's not a marketing >> imperative to claim it as a feature, any more than it's in need of a >> manufacturer's excuse), or inlay a piece of maple in the key frame and >> put a glide bolt in the key bed, adjustable from underneath. As often as >> glide bolt adjustment is necessary in real world service, option #1 >> remains a viable category one option on my list here. It's a pain in the >> butt, but not a particularly frequent one. >> >> Them what builds things don't always anticipate all the problems and >> opportunities for niceties during the process, that manifest so clearly >> and obviously after the fact. >> >> Ron N >> > >
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