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<DIV>Hi Roger,</DIV>
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<DIV>What was annoying was I had the back action out weeks earlier and had
gone through it, then installed it rough regulated and then later discovered the
wobbly lever...I may have over-stressed it somehow...Question: When you go
through the back action what do you do? This one had all the flanges glued
in and tight...would you have loosened them all and reglued? Do you
install screws to insure against loosening later? I'm still a little fuzzy
on aligning the back action to the keys...could you expand on that?</DIV>
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<DIV>David I<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR
***********<BR><BR>On 3/6/01 at 12:00 AM jolly roger wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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David,<BR>
I'm having a chuckle, I discovered the same thing in a similar manner, only I
was waiting for some damper felt on back order.<BR>Been doing that way for a
number of years.<BR>On a rebuild I always pull, and service, the back
action. Even with screwed flanges it is a hassle getting at them, when
every thing is assembled..<BR>Another time saver: align the back action to the
keys with the stack off, and no strings on the piano.<BR>Perfect unacorda
every time.<BR>Regards Roger<BR><BR><BR><BR>At 04:30 PM 3/5/01 -0800, you
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite" cite>List,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT
size=2>So I'm here in the shop finishing up a Steinway M. I noticed a
wobbly damper lever (dampers already rough regulated). I put it off
until finally I decided I couldn't leave it. I pulled the dampers and
the underlever system to fix the problem. Pinning was loose so I
popped off the lever/flange and repinned and then reglued and clamped.
I looked at back at the piano and thought..."Hey this would be a good time
to finish up the let-off!" So I installed the action and found I was
able to align the hammers, do let-off/drop, level strings and whatever I can
think of. WOW! This is the way to do it if your rebuilding
a grand. Restring, hang your hammers rebuild action, whatever and then
regulate the action with the dampers out of the way. Install your
dampers at the end of the job...this is probably common knowledge to
everyone except me (and I've thought of it but never actually did it)but if
anyone hasn't tried this give it a shot!</FONT><BR><FONT
size=3><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>David Ilvedson, RPT</FONT><BR><FONT
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