<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Howdy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Got a call to check out a 1950s Steinway S, the complaint, buzzing or ringing in the bass.  I heard hard, crusty dampers in the monos.  Did my best to take care of it (there had been, I think, Cola, spilled in the piano).  Then, you know how it goes, you take care of one problem and then another <or> others appear.  Action noise.  >From what I can tell, the repetitions are original (red felt over the hammer rest), and the hammers, shanks/flanges have been replaced.  The hammers have the grey reinforcing, so they are older--and seem really big to me.  Yeah, yeah, I've complained about big hammers before.  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I counted different noises on different notes, ranging from checking noise, at least one jack hitting the felt in the window and the jack button felt hitting the spoon.  I also noticed that someone had, it looked like, tried to put Teflon powder in the repetition spring slots.  The repetition spring tension is too high.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, son of a gun, the hammers are resting or practically resting on the rest felts.  I, of course, pulled out my blow distance gauge and, well, they are just a smidgeon off, so something is goofy.  My questions are:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a "standard" bore distance for this model piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anybody know what the distances should be for the repetition center pin to keybed and shank/flange pin to keyboard?  I can always call Steinway in the morning, but if anyone has these specs floating around tonight, I'd love to know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>