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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wasn't there a thread, a while back, that =
indicated a
damper</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>problem, due to shipping on there sides. The =
rail
moved?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There would be an uneven centre pin pressure
also?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It would then indicate that to be safe, store it =
flat, at
least </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>the action.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca">piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca</A>=
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<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
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<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> Monday, August 06, 2001 =
6:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Grand =
Storage</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
8/6/01 12:45:38 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A
=
href="mailto:Bluderer@sloanandcompany.com">Bluderer@sloanandcompany.com=
</A>
writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Would one then also want to remove the action prior to =
moving
the <BR>instrument, even if it was just to be on its side for 8 =
hours???????
<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Under normal conditions, no. I have had =
pianos
sit on their side for over a <BR>year, with no effect on the action.
<BR><BR>As far as that goes, I am not sure if the weight of the =
hammers will
bend the <BR>shanks. to the side. Under normal regulation, the hammer =
shanks
do not rest <BR>on the hammer rail, and the shanks don't bend. So why =
would
they bend if the <BR>action was on it's side? <BR><BR>Willem
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