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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Alan:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for responding to my plea!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you can see the above picture, this hammer
mechanism and double flange is connected to a single rail and the damper
mechanism attaches to the other side of the double flange; a rather unusual
arrangement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The stickers are long and are attached to a large
whippen. When I return the action to the piano, the long stickers do not line up
with the capstan screws. Could I have changed the alignment when I leveled all
the keys dips? Any practical suggetions?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wayne Williams</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan R.
Barnard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kranich and Bach
upright</DIV>
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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<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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