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HI Boy & Girls</STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3> WOW ,All this talk of uni=
son
cracking made my brain numb so I thought I'd take a different road for=
fun
to distract you 'all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> I my quest to learn all I can about Balancing
actions , choosing the right parts & balance weights and such has l=
ed
me once again happy to be reminded that I Love the Steinway company fo=
r
providing me yet another oppurtunity of endless proportions & =
;to
make Bank having fun making the differing macinations &
incarnations of the illustrious Steinway actions work properly. It is a
challenge & honestly if wern't for them I wouldn't know any thing about =
this
stuff because they have given me endless oppurtunitys
..............................etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>So I'm grateful. You disadvantaged European guys probabl=
y
don't' get this rich opportunity with the German Stwy
engineering. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> unt I heer dee have z=
ee
jeegs & feexteures over daer too so theey make =
;zee
actions uniform ...shhhhhhh New york Might find
out!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> You gotta watch out for these factory tricksters.=
There always coming up with a new action brain storm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Seriously though it is what it is & I enjoy m=
aking
a living fixing this stuff. It give me creative license</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> I'm currently working over a
wonderful sounding 1966 Steinway B with the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> <U>keys -O- lead syndrome</U>. Interesting =
case
study.. The high ratio action always has it's tell tale
indicators.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> . i.e.. 48 mm b=
low or
longer & .375 dip, or less at the pin & keys full =
of
lead starting at the balance rail</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Installing the new s=
hanks
& flanges side by side with the old ones revealed the location of the te=
flon
enraptured center pin to be roughly 146mm above keybed. 145 to 146mm
....This fairly typical</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> However the new parts pin location is almost 2 mm=
higher. The pin sits low in the Teflon flange. Why? dun no =
Hmm...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> The hammers were bored short for a B at 1 3=
/4 "
or 46 mm. which was correct for the old parts. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> The wippen pin height was also higher=
than
the standard 3 1/4 inch by more than 2 mm</FONT>.</DIV>
<DIV> <FONT size=3> The beginning action ration was 6 to 1. with 16.5=
knuckles. Using </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> 17 mms knuckles with the different pin=
placement made the spread a squeak wider 4 7/16ths but still
brought the ratio down to around 5.7ish Still to
high. I also chose to reduce the action height by whittling=
away the action cleats 2 mm to get the center pins & hammer bore into&nb=
sp;a
more typical range. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> The capstans fortunately will be able to be moved=
forward 2 or 3 mm which will bring the ratio down closer to 5.5 to 5.3 which=
would be really great.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> At this ratio I can of course remove lead, reduce=
inertia , increase hammer bore length, Increase hammer weight a b=
it
& improve regulation parameters to 1/3/4 ish blow & .390 dip,
which is more typical for Many Stwy pianos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> It was suggested that another fix for this would =
be to
get a modern stack & strat over.& I beleive thsi idea has merit but
wasn't really necessary. Any body do this?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> All this change of course allows a pianist to acc=
ess
the tonal potential of a great instrument, in this case, of a really
good original B belly set up. It's a lot of fun.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> By the way the Wurzen hammers on this piano=
were
right where they needed to be right out of the box. Power without
noise & lots of color. No needling.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> It's to good to be true......naaahhhhh! </FONT></=
DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Happy Saturday</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> </FONT></DIV>
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