I've had the not-so-great pleasure of reviewing the needs of a Mathushek square grand. A -slim- majority of the keys worked. On figuring out to lift the key slip and pull (carefully) the action I determined that many of the jacks need to be "re-sprung". I tested tuning pins at random and encountered string clicking and rather tight pins, so: barring breaking strings it should be tunable. The hammer for the top note is missing, no sign of it anywhere in or around the piano. Does anyone have experience working on these actions who can give me an idea of how long it would take to redo about 30% of the jacks? What is needed to fix the spring on these? I'm guessing there is no parts supply house for things like a hammer, shank and flange...? The piano itself is a pretty piece of work although I don't hold out any great hopes for the sound. ------------------------------------------- Andrew Anderson owner, Artisan Piano Laredo TX 956-728-7224 ------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110719/52a91778/attachment.htm>
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