<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/30/01 10:58:00 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>rbrekne@broadpark.no writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Just started a basic action job on a Steinway C Hamburger :) Nice
<BR>piano but getting a bit uneven and noisy as time goes by.. about 20
<BR>years old. Folks have been complaining for a long time now about it
<BR>been "heavy" or "sluggish".
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<BR>Ricahrd
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<BR>Remember that Steinway B I worked on in St. Thomas? This piano also had a
<BR>very heavy action, and we couldn't figure out what the problem was. Ray
<BR>LaMotta finally figured it out, quite by accident. He discovered that when he
<BR>put his hand on the top of the action, the rail gave a little, more than
<BR>what he expected. What had happened is the hammer rail had come loose from
<BR>the action brackets. The weld actually gave way. Because it is a welded
<BR>action, you can't see the break, because it is hidden. But push down on the
<BR>action, and see if it moves. Then look very carefully at all the welded
<BR>joints.
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<BR>Willem
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