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<P>I feel your pain and hear your plea but your question, if there is one, is too broad and vague. K&Bs can be a little quirky to work on but don't let it defeat you. </P>
<P>I assume this piano has wooden rocker capstans and may also have a short secondary set of stickers, on their own rail attached to the piano, not the action, and that these little "stickerettes" are attached to the ends of the keys. Is this correct?</P>
<P>Wiggling hammers and dampers suggest that the center pins have floated halfway out of each flange. If so, you will see them peeking out. Or the flange bushings have worn away or fallen out or some such. The only good fix is to repin with a larger center pin and rebush where necessary. Not a particularly difficult job but it will take considerable time.</P>
<P>When you say the action won't line up right, what are you describing? Are the brackets sitting properly on the support ball bolts? Important check in an older piano: Are the screws tight on all the rails? Are any of the rails split?</P>
<P>Come back, over ...<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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Original message<BR>From: "Wayne M. Williams" <WWILLIAMS11@NYCAP.RR.COM><BR>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 07/26/2006 7:33:32 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Kranich and Bach upright<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hello everyone:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I have this Kranich and Bach upright made in New York ca. 1910, and I have found it a "Pandoras Box" to fix. It has wiggling hammers and dampers. I leveled all the keys and now the action won't even line up right. PLEASE HELP!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Wayne Williams</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Schroon Lake, NY</FONT></DIV>
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