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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dave and list,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> I
had this problem and reported it to this list maybe a year ago or more. It was
on an old Henry F. Miller that had never had the action out in its’
lifetime. Everything was original and it showed. The problem, I discovered, was
that the entire plate was bowing down in the middle while the string tension
was up. Once I removed the tension in preparation for a new pin block the plate
flexed upwards allowing the action to slide out easily. Did I mention that the
plate flexed up …… way up? The fix after the pin block was to make
sure that the plate horn wedge did not fall out this time. After that it all
behaved quite normally. Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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color:#1F497D'>Greg Newell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>piannaman@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Heintzman 186 Conservatory Grand Problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roger,
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<br>
I have this problem on an old Sohmer grand. I can get the action out, but
it is a challenge due to pinblock delamination, causing the block to dip
downward in the center of the piano. I'm letting it go for the moment, as
I didn't cause the problem (just found it....), but would like to get it taken
care of at some point. The piano is quite tunable at the moment, but this
this problem makes me nervous in terms of long term piano health. <br>
<br>
Any suggestions will be most appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Dave Stahl</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Roger Jolly <roger.j@sasktel.net><br>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:56 am<br>
Subject: Re: Heintzman 186 Conservatory Grand Problem<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Hi Glenn,<br>
A not so uncommon problem with some Heintzman grands, is pin block de
lamination. If some bright spark tried to tap a few a few tuning pins
with out supporting the block. Then Bingo! that will be your problem.<br>
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