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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dear list,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> A few years back, =
I
purchased a Gulbransen console. It was old and had plastics all =
through
the action. The plastics were shattering and I replaced most of =
the parts
with used wooden ones. Then I sold the piano. =
The wooden parts
weren't real straight and I ran into lots of sticky key =
issues.
Fortunately, the owner was real understanding and I took the piano back =
for
repair and gave them a loaner. Most of the piano has a new =
action
with Kawai ABS parts. The are straight, non sticky and =
wonderful.
With a project of this size there are always other issues and I have =
worked most
of them out but there are a few still left to resolve. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> As of today the =
following
modifications have been made. </FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hammer butts are now Kawai ABS, pre =
sprung. Springs have been removed from rail.</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">New wippens. Kawai =
ABS.
Jacks were too long and so were replaced with the correct shorter
jacks. All other things about the wippens are a good =
fit.</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">Keys were front heavy and always =
fell
forward. Keys have been weighted and now fall in the
back. </FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> I then =
reassembled it in
the following order. </FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">I installed the dampers first =
and did a
really good job there.</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">Then I put in the hammers =
and aligned
them.</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">Added the wippens, aligned
them. </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">Added the keys, aligned
them. </FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Times New Roman">Performed basic regulation getting =
hammer
distance, key height, letoff, spoons, etc. ( all of this was =
done
WITHOUT the damper pedal rod in place)</FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The piano =
plays just
fine until I use the sustain pedal. When I push the sustain pedal, =
the
hammers fall forward just like a soft pedal will move the hammers
forward. The rod is NOT connected to the
wrong place. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> My gut instinct =
tells me to
redo the spoons with the damper rod in place.</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> Any suggestions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ron Shiflet</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><A
href="mailto:rshiflet@eaznet.com">rshiflet@eaznet.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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