[pianotech] Steinway back checks

[David Skolnik]

Larry -
A  follow-up thought -
Al may be right about not needing clamping, but I 
may be a little less confident without some type 
of holding.  Your picture amply illustrates the 
issues of wire condition (looking pretty twisted) 
and various felt profiles, which can have
a significant effect on how check functions with a particular tail shape.

David Skolnik
Hasitngs on Hudson, NY

At 12:25 AM 9/12/2012, you wrote:
>I’m including an image of the original back 
>check.  As you can see, the back check head 
>quite large.  New ones (three different types 
>shown) have a totally different physical 
>dimension to the point that it’s beginning to 
>look like it would be faster to simply recover the existing back check heads.
>
>If I were to go that route  ........... and 
>aside from getting the grain of the leather in 
>the right direction  ............    is it 
>critical to get the leather at a consistent 
>tightness to get some reasonable checking effect??
>
>A procedure involving a clothes pin has been suggested.  Comments??
>
>P9111268a
>
>
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