Dittos on this practice David. That's one of the methods I was taught, as well, and the one I stick with when possible. I think if nothing else is clear, we have resolved that what "Steinway" does seems to be somewhat ephemeral in nature. William R. Monroe On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:44 AM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote: > Not to be a contrarian but I bed keyframes with everything together. The > technique I use was presented by Steinway’s John Patton at one of the > conventions. Can be done in a couple of minutes or less on a Steinway. > Pianos that have glides that are buried underneath the keys require at least > the removal of the covering keys naturally. The process is simple and > requires you to just back off the glides enough to be sure that none are > touching the keybed which you can test be pressing down on the glide bolt > with a wrench (or a screw driver if it’s a screw type) using the back of > your hand against the pinblock as leverage. You will be able to see the > keys flex downward when there is a space there. When they all produce a bit > of flex then start in the center and turn each bolt down until there is no > flex, backing it off just slightly in order to produce that telltale knock > and then just setting the bolt down to eliminate the knock/flex. Go > alternately outward until all are bedded. Then go back to the center and > make sure you haven’t “unbedded” the center glides by turning the outer > bolts down too far. If you have then start over. It requires a bit of > touch and sensitivity but it can be done quickly and accurately with some > practice. > > > > David Love > > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101015/f29b18cd/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC