<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dunno about this one, but I had to = completely remove the stop screw and the leather pad it hit in order to get enough = shift in a <EM><STRONG>brand new</STRONG></EM> Boston! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is Steinway watching there specs and tolerances?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Avery Todd" <</FONT><A href="mailto:avery@ev1.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>avery@ev1.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:36 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Shift = Problems</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> List,<BR>> <BR>> I ran into a new problem today I've = never had before on a<BR>> Steinway 'B'.<BR>> <BR>> The piano is one = Abbey Simon uses in his studio and he's been<BR>> complaining that there wasn't = enough difference when he uses the<BR>> "soft" pedal and there's too much = noise when shifting.<BR>> <BR>> While working on it today, I discovered that = the noise is because<BR>> the keyframe is hitting the cheek block instead = of the stop screw<BR>> (wood hitting wood).<BR>> <BR>> With the block = out, the action travelled a good bit further so I<BR>> adjusted the screw to = stop the noise. But now, as it was before,<BR>> the action isn't travelling = far enough to clear the left string,<BR>> which was the basic problem to begin = with (except for the noise).<BR>> <BR>> I don't see anything I can do = to make the action shift further<BR>> except reduce the thickness of the = cheek block. The hammers are<BR>> very well aligned to the strings, so that's not = the problem.<BR>> <BR>> Any ideas I've overlooked? The piano is only = about 1 yr. old. The<BR>> 5 yr. old one shifts much further and is fine. = Thanks for any<BR>> ideas.<BR>> <BR>> Avery<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> = <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> = pianotech list info: </FONT><A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT face=Arial size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A></BODY><= /HTML>