This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello, Horace, where've you been? Richard Davenport's damper class is very, very good. It is mostly about = installing new dampers properly. What I'm imagining is an action that is rigged to have as many of the = subtle frustrations (such as Wim's backcheck problems) as could be = fitted into 88 keys. The object would be to learn to diagnose quickly, = mostly by touch, without pulling the stack. If anyone has a Steinway action about to be ditched, I would undertake = the rigging! Ed Sutton ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Horace Greeley=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: Re: bobbling hammers, again Ed, Something on this order used to be a part of a class that Richard = Davenport was teaching a few years back. Perhaps he is still teaching = it from time to time. Horace At 05:28 PM 10/1/2003 -0400, you wrote: If someone has a spare D or B action, it would be a great model to = create all the backcheck problems we've been posting on this thread, = then use in a demo class. =20 =20 Ed S.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:06 PM Subject: Re: bobbling hammers, again In a message dated 10/1/03 3:58:02 PM Central Daylight Time, = ed440@mindspring.com writes: Wim- Along with what Jeff is saying, check (feel) if the nap of the = buckskin is reversed, or if the backcheck head is slightly loose on the = wire. Also check the bottom edge and corners of the hammer; just a slight touch with = a sandpaper file to remove a sharp corner might make it work. I am going to look at the wire, to make sure it is tight in the = key. I will also look at the nap of the buckskin. I have already sanded = the bottom edge of the tail to remove the sharp edge.=20 Are you making a laminated checklist of all these suggestions? = You could teach a class next year. Or sell the list. ;-) I am saving all the suggestions for future references. I don't = know if I will have enough material to teach a full class, but maybe a = mini class. As with all educational material, the information will be = free for the asking. :) Wim=20 Ed Sutton ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/6f/a8/a0/fd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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