[CAUT] Steinway S damper timing problem

[Greg Newell]

Could the keyframe dags have broken allowing the 
action to sit higher making the key contact the damper lever earlier?



At 06:56 PM 6/13/2007, you wrote:
>Hi folks
>
>Just got back from a visit to a fellow who 
>purchased an older Steinway S 28XXXX number.  We 
>had been out to look at it a few weeks back and 
>it seemed old but relatively ok.  He had moved 
>it himself by setting it flat on its underside 
>on a trailer... legs and pedal lyre removed of 
>course.. but none of the trapwork levers 
>removed.  I checked it out again now to measure 
>for new hammers / shanks... etc... and noticed 
>that the dampers started immediatly with key 
>movement.  I dont remember this being the case 
>where we first looked at it.. but cant say for sure.
>Just was wondering if any of you have any idea 
>what could account for this.  I checked 
>everything I could think of relative to the 
>pedals... nothing causing anything there.  Only 
>thing I could think of is that somehow the key 
>bed got jammed upwards a bit.... possible 
>???.  Could be the dampers just have been 
>regulated very wrong at some time... but they 
>all lift suspiciously even and dont seem all 
>that worn out... dont really know what to think
>
>Any thoughts ?
>
>Thanks
>RicB

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