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<font size=3>My first thought is to check the soft pedal train.<br>
The hammer rail could be sitting on top of the pin<br>
instead of on the dowel. Something could have lodged<br>
itself between the soft pedal and upstop felt on the bottom<br>
stretcher board.<br>
<br>
Or had you just not noticed it before?<br>
<br>
Jon Page<br>
<br>
<br>
At 10:33 PM 5/28/99 -0400, you wrote:<br>
>Hello list,<br>
><br>
>I recently regulated a very old upright...about 70 yrs old or
so. I<br>
>went back today to check the tuning as per client's request.
Tuning was<br>
>really ok, but a few unison's were out. 'Course the humidity is way
up<br>
>today and temps are in the 80's and all the windows were opened.
But,<br>
>she's a nice lady so to tweaked the unisons.No big deal.<br>
><br>
>However, I noticed lots of lost motion everywhere. Can't figure out
why.<br>
>The capstans are quite loose and perhaps they worked themselves
down.<br>
>But the client is a beginer and uses the center of the piano. There
was<br>
>lost motion everywhere. I adjusted the lost motion in the middle
third<br>
>of the piano and will check it again soon to see if it changes.
(didn't<br>
>have time to adjust the whole piano)<br>
><br>
>Any ideals what could have happened? This has never happened
before. <br>
>Is there any way to tighten up the capstans? (I can hear it
now..."CA<br>
>glue, Frank!") <br>
><br>
>This is so strange. <br>
>-- <br>
><br>
>Frank Cahill<br>
>Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild<br>
>Northern Va<br>
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<div>Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
<a href="mailto:jpage@capecod.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jpage@capecod.net</a></div>
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