<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 04, 2003 10:05 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Viennese Grand Action Regulation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hello list, = <BR><BR>Just got through tuning a 200 cm Bechstein grand built in 1891.  All in = all, it was a pretty sweet sounding piano.  Except for the action. =  It's a viennese type action, and it's noisy.  I guess that's the nature = of the beast.   <BR><BR>I am curious if anyone can point me to = information regarding the regulation of these actions.  The capstan = arrangement seems unnecessarily complex.  And how does one align the jack to the = knuckle?  Didn't have time to mess around with it, but I'm very curious = about this piano.  And has anyone come up with a way to quiet the actions a = bit? <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic = Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>I'm sure the restorers among us won't approve = but the last one we did got a new keyset and Renner action stack. The owner is = thrilled with his "new" piano.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic = Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic = Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic = Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>