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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron, did you try measuring the wippen/ =
hammer
flange spread, and setting that before you started cranking on =
regulating
adjustments?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=drwoodwind@hotmail.com =
href="mailto:drwoodwind@hotmail.com">Ron
Koval</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> Wednesday, April 09, 2003 =
1:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> "scrunching" in an =
SF10</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Thought I'd share today's adventure with =
you-<BR><BR>Tuned
our Baldwin 7' SF10 today for a choir competition tomorrow. As I =
was
<BR>playing at the end (check those pedals!) I noticed a scrunching =
noise
coming <BR>from a key in the middle, on the downward stroke of the =
key.
Well, it's <BR>"only" a choir contest, maybe I can get to it later, =
you have
to play pretty <BR>quiet to hear it. Naw, better do it now, I'm =
here,
and have the time.<BR><BR>Hmmmm, what did they drop in there =
now......
No, nothing extra inside. <BR>Wasn't the key, so it must be the =
hammer
or the whippen. Went to push down <BR>on the balancer to check =
the
hammer movement. It wouldn't move. Oh, oh. <BR>It =
seems that
the hammer rail was a little loose and moved a smidgen towards <BR>the =
tail of
the piano, making a few whippens drag on the rail, causing above =
<BR>mentioned
noise.<BR><BR>Well, that's a snap, pull on the rail and tighten down 4 =
screws. Yes, <BR>but.... now most of the hammers are =
blocking.
Wow, the rail didn't move <BR>that far, did it? Guess it doesn't =
take
much! 88 capstans, 88 drop screws, <BR>arghhh!<BR><BR>All in =
all, glad I
looked into it before piano recital time.<BR><BR><BR>Ron
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