<html>  <head></head> <body>  <DIV></DIV> Was the hammer flange rail screwed down too much? Gary Bauchman, RPT <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from "Joseph Alkana" <josephspiano@comcast.net>: -------------- > Well, I don't have any method that solves this problem easily. If an action > has poor geometry to begin with, many of the key arc, pivot points and > resultant weighting and friction consequences would have to be refined, I > would think, almost empirically. I believe Stanwood's method has some > avenues for resolution, but I have no first hand knowledge if action spread > is addressed. > Joseph Alkana RPT > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dean May" <DEANMAY@PIANOREBUILDERS.COM> > To: "'Pianotech List'" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:37 PM > Subject: RE: Puzzeler from Seattle > > > > So how do you arrive at an appropriate spread? > > > > Dean > > Dean May cell 812.239.3359 > > PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 > > Terre Haute IN 47802 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > > Behalf > > Of Conrad Hoffsommer > > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:27 PM > > To: Pianotech List > > Subject: Re: Puzzeler from Seattle > > > > At 20:01 2/28/2006, you wrote: > >>NOPE! Hammers are bored just fine. This is a much older piano, about 1932. > >>Joseph Alkana RPT > > > > > > Action spread changed and changing due to loose screws on action > > rails. Those suckers (hammer and wippen rails) can move VERY far, and > > very easily. Throws a lot of things out of whack. > > > > > > > > . > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer > > > > Early to rise: early to bed; > > Makes a man healthy, and socially dead. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE>  </body> </html>