<div> Hi Rex,<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Thanks for your input.  I had the action in and out and used the una corda pedal, so it doesn't appear to be interference with overly long leg bolts in this particular case (although that's a good one to be on the look-out for).  The fallboard pins COULD be in the wrong place--hope to sort that out with the manufacturer tomorrow.  I'm not sure what you mean by them being "installed upside down," though.  Could you please clarify that?<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Alan Eder<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Rex Roseman <rosemanpiano@gmail.com><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:35 pm<br> Subject: RE: fallboard vs. keytops<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40"> <style> #AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 p.MsoAutoSig,#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 li.MsoAutoSig,#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 div.MsoAutoSig {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial; color:navy;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_a2cf9537-93fe-495b-867a-c30bfe178d40 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Alan</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Does the action shift correctly? One of the things I have seen working for a piano store is that the movers sometimes do not put the leg/lyre bolts in the correct place. Some pianos have shorter bolts for the front legs. If the long bolts are put in the front, it will cause the action to be lifted on that end. Usually the complaint is the piano will not play correctly in the treble, but someone may have lowered the hammer line not realizing that the end of the keyframe was in the air; resting on the leg bolt and not the keybed. This could cause the treble keys to be high enough to be depressed by the fallboard. The quick check for this is to try to shift the action. It will not shift in this condition. (You will also have to back out the offending bolt to get the action out.) The solution to this problem is to take out the offending bolt and remove one bolt at a time from each of the other leg and lyre positions and compare the length. (If you take a bolt out, check it and replace if not shorter before you take out the next bolt you will not have to worry about the piano legs or lyre falling off.)</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Course it could be that the pin is in the wrong place or installed upside-down.</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Just a couple of obvious (and not so obvious) ideas on things to check.</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Rex Roseman</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> </div>  <div id='u8CADAC22192F7E8-CE8-6183' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><A title="http://mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=mpqmap00050000000010" href="http://mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=mpqmap00050000000010" target="_blank">Get the MapQuest Toolbar</A>. 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