<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Steinway action noise</title></head><body> <div>At 15:05 -0200 17/11/07, Francisco Motta, afinador de pianos wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>"...Owing to this not always being possiible on older.grand actions using new hammer shanks, it will be foound necessary to insert a 1 mm thick strip of veneer or cardboard unndemeath the lever flanges (refer to sketch). This will compensate the difference in clearance between the center and roller, whi1e facilitaating regulation to the repetition action (refer to Fig. 15)."</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>At 09:21 +0000 17/11/07, John Delacour wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>...The simplest solution is probably to pack the lever rail with card along the top of the screws and pack the near edge of the hammer rail to force the flanges back as far as possible</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>You detect some big difference in meaning between these two methods?  Me no.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240801c364e76d298f@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>B = the cardboard</blockquote> <div><br> Precisely!<br> </div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div >____________________________________________________________________<span ></span>__<br>   Delacour Pianos  *  Silo  *  Deverel Farm  *  Milborne St. Andrew<br>            <span ></span>          Dorset DT11 0HX  *  England<br>            <span ></span>            Phone:  +44 1202 731031<br>          Mobile: +44 7801 310 689   *   Fax: +44 870 705 3241 ______________________________________________________________________</div > </body> </html>