[CAUT] capstans

[Ken Zahringer]

Hey, Dave,

I had this condition on an old Steinway L last year.  I removed the capstans
and liberally applied Pin-Tite to each hole, then replace the caps.  They¹re
still doing fine.  I don¹t do CA ­ allergies.

Regards,
Ken Z.

On 8/30/06 10:48 AM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> wrote:

> Does anyone have a favorite (easy) way to fix loose capstans?  We have a
> 6-year-old grand where the capstans are so loose that you can¹t keep a good
> hammer line.  Within a week of regulating it several hammers are back down on
> the rebound felts.  None of the capstans are hard to turn and many are way too
> loose.  Unfortunately this is from the 5-year-warranty company so I¹m on my
> own with this one.
>  
> dave
>  
> __________________________
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> Meadows School of the Arts
> Southern Methodist University
> Dallas, TX 75275
> dporritt at smu.edu <mailto:dporritt at smu.edu>
>  
> 


-- 
Ken Zahringer, RPT
University of Missouri
School of Music

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