Hi Tom: I seem to remember that some of the pianos at the university had that problem. What I found is that the repetition springs in the slots were catching where the spring had made a groove and therefore not letting the spring have much give. What I did at the time was to use a small screw driver and worked the groove out. You can use something else to rub out the slot. Of course, you know that you need to lubricate the slot again. I also found that protech is the best thing to use. I hope that this helps. At 05:54 AM 6/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >Dear list, > >I am stumped with the backchecks on this piano. The piano is an early 80s >S&S L with new Premium blue hammers on Renner shanks & flanges and >re-leathered original backchecks. I have CLOSELY regulated key height, dip, >let-off and drop, spring tension, and all the other usual suspects. The >problem is that the hammers absolutely refuse to check when the note is >played at the level of forte or less. They just bounce between the >backcheck and the string. The angle of the backchecks is good and they >check high enough, but I just can't seem to get them to work in the piano. >The problem is particularly bad in the bass and tenor, where the hammers >are larger. > >The problem may be in the balancier. When I push the balanciers down, there >seems to be much more spring resistance than normal although the hammer >rise is not particularly fast. The original wippens have been rebuilt and >repinned, so I'm pretty sure that it is a not pinning problem. The slots >are clean and the springs have been cleaned and polished. > >I'm pretty much at my wit's end and if I don't get this resolved soon, I'm >going to have to take a hostage. Any and all help will be gratefully >appreciated. > >Many thanks. > >Tom > >Tom Seay >Piano Tech Office >School of Music >The University of Texas at Austin >t.seay@mail.utexas.edu > > > > Ed Guerra edguerra@mail.utexas.edu Austin, TX
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