<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <title>Re: Action Position Adjustment</title> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> G’day Terry,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> If worst comes to worst, the key beds on most Kawais isn’t glued on, you could take the key bed off and work with the dag block that way….<o:p></o:p> But as David said, make sure you have the clearance at the back of the sharps for the fallboard.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Cheers<o:p></o:p> Mark Bolsius  <o:p></o:p> Bolsius Piano Services<o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on">Canberra</st1:City> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: Overs Pianos [mailto:sec@overspianos.com.au] Sent: Saturday, 2 September 2006 9:24 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Action Position Adjustment<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> Older Kawai grand. The piano lacks tone in the top two octaves - progressively gets worse toward C88. Cearly, C88 is hitting the string at the capo - clearly the action is too far forward. However, the key bed has three or four wooden stop blocks screwed to it that prevent the action from being moved further back (what are those blocks called?). I have not run into this before. What is the best fix? Removing, plugging, and redrilling the stop blocks would be difficult in the cramped quarters of the action cavity. Should I just carefully plane/cut off a few millimeters from the rear rail of the action frame and then position with the adjustable thingees (what are they called?) in the cheek blocks?<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite cite>  <o:p></o:p> </blockquote> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite cite> Seems to me it's one or the other. Any better suggestions? Thanks.<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite cite>  <o:p></o:p> </blockquote> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite cite> Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Terry,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> I my first year of piano work, working at Sydney's distributor for Kawai, we regularly moved the action and keyboard assembly back to correct for strike ratio problems in the high treble. Our solution was to plane a bit off the back of the keyframe also.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Ron O.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <pre><x-sigsep>-- <o:p></o:p></pre> <div> </x-sigsep>OVERS PIANOS - <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">SYDNEY</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p> </div> <div>    Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Web http://overspianos.com.au<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au _______________________<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>