[pianotech] Weekend puzzler

Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 17 10:40:55 MDT 2011


What about the jack not being able to clear the knuckle because of the stop felt on the balancer?

Al -
High Point, NC



On Jul 17, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> No. That would cause a problem with checking. This was a problem on the way up—before letoff.
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> ddf
>  
> Delwin D Fandrich
> Piano Design & Fabrication
> 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA
> Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525
> del at fandrichpiano.comddfandrich at gmail.com
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:17 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler
>  
> The jack is pressing against the stop felt on the balancer and not clearing the knuckle easily. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:14 AM, "Delwin D Fandrich" <del at fandrichpiano.com> wrote:
> 
> Another hint: this was a problem that could only exist with this combination of wippens and hammershanks. I’ve worked on these actions with identical wippens and with original—or exact replacement—hammershanks in the past and the actions have worked just fine.
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> I’ll explain tomorrow. Sadly my digital camera was out of town—in Barb’s car—during the time I was working on this action so I don’t have any pictures. I’ll try to get a couple of pictures next week.
>  
> ddf
>  
> Delwin D Fandrich
> Piano Design & Fabrication
> 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA
> Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525
> del at fandrichpiano.comddfandrich at gmail.com
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