I serviced a Nordiska grand yesterday. It wasn't that far out of tune, and being in the beginning of seasonal transition, it was a lousy time to be doing a church tuning. But - there was this sticking damper, you see, which was the real reason for the tuning. I pulled the action, and crawled into the cavity with whatever light sources I could point in the general direction of the problem, and started looking. I centered the wire, eliminating side pressure on the bushing, and that helped, but didn't do it, so I pulled the wire. Yup, the post pinning was way tight. I dropped the sostenuto and raised the up stop rail out of the way, and got the under lever out. Yup, the flange pinning was way tight too. So I repinned and FINALLY managed to get the sucker back in (the screws are flat ended, and too hard to file). When I had the lever out, I showed the office resident what the problem was and promised him that this wasn't the end of it. I suggested doing the one for now, and when the others start seizing up too and force the issue, we could do the set then. Now, for those of you with some experience with Nordiska, besides having the usual painfully strident, thin, and LOUD sound, and the heaviest music desk on the planet (I like that one), is this center pinning thing typical? Ron N
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