> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I encountered a new phenomenon the other day. One of the piano faculty tol= d me one note on his 1920=B9s vintage Steinway wasn=B9t working, so I went to check it out. When I pulled the action, I saw that the offending hammer wa= s sitting all the way down on the cushion. After eliminating all the causes = I could think of, I started adjusting the capstan. The capstan was extremely loose =AD it took almost no force to turn it. The threads were still intact, but it was so loose that apparently the impact of playing caused the capsta= n to screw itself down into the key. There were one or two other keys where the hammers had sagged almost as much, but were still functional. A quick survey indicated that the whole keyboard probably needs attention. Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? I=B9m thinking of maybe West System epoxy or Webb Phillips=B9 Wood Rebuilder, but then again, I do have a bottle of Garfields Pinblock Restorer around here somewhere. :-) I don=B9t know what the long term effects on future adjustments might be of any particular fix. Just don=B9t suggest CA glue. The last time I used that stuff my sinuses were plugged solid for a week. Thanks, Ken Z. --=20 Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician University of Missouri School of Music 297 Fine Arts Bldg Columbia, MO 65211 573-882-1202 cell 573-489-7529 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/e1/72/d2/6a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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