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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you accidentally introduce some =
lost motion in
the linkage? Even a little can make the UC inoperable, in my (admittedly =
limited) experience.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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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> Wednesday, July 17, 2002 =
11:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Una Corda Problem in =
Seiler
Grand</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi List, =
<BR><BR>I went
out on a warranty job yesterday. The objectives were to a). fix =
a sticky
key and b) tune the piano. The sticky key was caused by a toy =
model of
those wings that commercial pilots wear on their blazers getting =
wedged
between C 5 and the action bracket. No problem. Remove =
offending
wings, put action back in, tune, check pedals. The una corda =
doesn't
work. Take action out several times trying to figure out why it =
isn't
working. <BR><BR>Looks to me like the shift lever has chafed =
part of
the wood on the edge of the keybed slot. The lever slips right =
under the
action. <BR><BR>Went out again, tried to shift action a little =
bit so
the lever would grab. I carefully tried to rebed the frame, but =
it did
not help, so I put the bed back into its original setting. 45 =
minutes
later, a frustrated tech left the house, problem unsolved. <BR><BR>It =
seems to
me that the end of the lever that pushes on the action is not quite =
long
enough to do its job. It's a brand new piano, and it was working =
fine
before I removed the action, according to the owner. Any ideas?
Help!! <BR><BR>Dave Stahl, RFT(Real Frustrated Tech)</FONT>
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