knuckle relocation

[Dennis Johnson]

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Thomas D. Seay, III wrote:
> 
> Technical portion: have any of you had any experience with moving knuckles
> to correct downweight/upweight measurements in Steinways of the late 70s
> and early 80s? We have relocated knuckles on three pianos (2 Bs and 1 D),
> with generally wonderful results in both touch and tone.
> 
> Tom Seay
> School of Music
> The University of Texas at Austin
> Austin, TX
> t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
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Tom,

Please explain how you are able to accurately relocate knuckles more cost 
effectively than purchasing a new set. There have been a few cases where I 
purchased a particular dimension shank that I later wished I could 
change, but we just made it work through other means, i.e. weight 
adjustment and/or capstan relocation.

I presume that you do not mean to mate both the inner and outer extremes 
of knuckle placement to the same wippens?

Thanks,


Dennis Johnson
St. Olaf College