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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's the answer! Jerry Cohen beat you =
to it, but
way to go David!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net =
href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David
Ilvedson</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> Tuesday, February 28, =
2006 8:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Puzzeler from =
Seattle</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Did someone say the rest rail had been raised up, thus =
the
hammer line was nice and even...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, =
RPT<BR>Pacifica,
California<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: "Joseph Alkana" =
<JOSEPHSPIANO@COMCAST.NET><BR>To:
Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 2/28/2006 5:47:58 =
PM<BR>Subject:
Puzzeler from Seattle<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the newbies, and seasoned vets to =
chuckle
over:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK, here's a little mystery =
question for
you regarding the weird feeling action of a Small Baldwin grand
piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I arrived today for a regulation job =
at
customer's house. Took a quick tour of the action with my fingers, and =
proclaimed the action a mess. Let off appeared to be about a =
half an
inch from the strings, Drop was really low and keys were pretty much =
evenly
low from factory spec, but just slightly, dip was a very fat
3/8". But here's the weird thing that caught me off guard for a =
few
mystifying moments: The hammers were already adjusted to be a 1 3/4" =
to 1 7/8"
and were pretty much in a good straight line. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yikes! I thought. Where am I going to =
get enough
whippen lift from??? OK, that was the quickie analysis. What was wrong =
with
the action set up as it was? Original hammers, and not too worn, by =
the
way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joseph Alkana
RPT</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>