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Have you or anyone else seen the key levelling system that utilizes a
long screw that goes down through the key button/key onto the back of
the balance rail punching? Turning the screw in or out makes the key
go up or down. I'd love to get a photograph of this for a class I'm
developing: "Off Center Balance Rail Bearings" for PTG Institute
2012@Bellevue:
Regards,
David Stanwood
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<div>I have a customer with a Ludwig grand with this system. I sent a picture of that a couple of months ago. I don't have it any more, but I can take another pictrure the next time I tune this piano in April. I'll make a note in my data base to send you the picture. </div>
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From: David Stanwood <stanwood@tiac.net><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Mon, Nov 28, 2011 7:10 am<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Key leveling<br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_f696369e-29ec-4566-85eb-fdf54d975a9b><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Hi Jack Et al,
Have you or anyone else seen the key levelling system that utilizes a
long screw that goes down through the key button/key onto the back of
the balance rail punching? Turning the screw in or out makes the key
go up or down. I'd love to get a photograph of this for a class I'm
developing: "Off Center Balance Rail Bearings" for PTG Institute
2012@Bellevue:
Regards,
David Stanwood
>Hello to All,
> This leveling system was produced by J. French just
>before P. A. Starch bought them in the late 50s. When
>Starck was bought by J. P.Seeburg. in the mid 60s was
>when this system went into production.
> It was indeed presented as the best leveling device
>ever, by the " Seeburg " brochure.
> Its weakness was that after you leveled the key you
>then you often had to adjust the standard capstan..
> At first I really liked the idea. Then actually using them
> was not so good.
> Of course the very best " leveling device" ever,
>was in the " Bowen Henderson" grand of Boston.
>It was a dream to work with.
> Regards,
> Jack Wyatt
> Dallas, Chapter
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