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Paul the left back post was knocked out half way, but I have put it back in and unfortunately used epoxy to secure it, during restoration I'll replace the two of the posts and some more of the wooden frame.<BR>
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The keybed however shifted drastically and cracked, my guess is I will have to make a new one which I'm looking foreward to doing. the action brackets seem to be ok but everything is out of order since the fall!<BR>
Since the crack of keybed "shift" doesnt work too well either, yeah this piano has a grand shift to mute the sound. I noticed one interesting thing about the tone Paul, I took off all the strings to correct the coils, and while thery were off, I applied a layer of DAG on it (the bridge was naked before), and that made the tone so much richer. Any thoughts?<BR>
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Alicia<BR><BR>
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To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Subject: Re: Striking point<BR>Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 01:58:23 -0400<BR>From: paulrevenkojones@aol.com<BR><BR>
<DIV>Alicia:<BR><BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You said the piano was dropped with no damage to the soundboard or backposts. That's good. But what about the keybed position with the action bracket posts? Is there a structural or positional issue there? From what you've been saying, it sounds to be a possibility.<BR><BR>Paul<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: A E <eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:26 pm<BR>Subject: RE: Striking point<BR><BR>
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On the contraire, the tone from plucking is nice and rich. I've tried all sorts of hammers from grands uprights, etc but none that are to my likeing, I've managed to rake up some experience over last 3 years or so, and never crossed a piano thats as weird as mine.<BR> <BR>Speaking of hammers, I read in April addition of PTG journal about new type of hammers, that arent bleeched etc, anyone experienced them yet?<BR> <BR>Alicia<BR><BR><BR>
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To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Subject: Re: Striking point<BR>Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 22:19:19 -0400<BR>From: <A href="mailto:pnotnr@aol.com">pnotnr@aol.com</A><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A quick way to determine whether the tone problem is in the hammer or the string/bridge/soundboard would be to simply pluck the string. If you get dull tone plucking the string, there probably won't be much you can to with the hammer.<BR><BR>Gordon Large, RPT<BR>Maine<BR><BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV class=EC_EC_gmail_quote>On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:24 PM, A E <<A href="mailto:eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk">eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>William,<BR> <BR>Upright piano, 43inches tall, made in Ukraine in early 90's, general condition of the piano is ok<BR>
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