[CAUT] Steinway repetition center pin height

[Keith Roberts]

You can order two different heights of rest felt on the Tokiwa.

Keith


On 6/16/07, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:
>
> On 6/16/07 6:56 AM, "A440A at aol.com" <A440A at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > I have
> > increased the height of the rest cushions to overcome the capsizing
> problem.
> > It is not only much easier than raising the cleats, it doens't upset the
> > hammerflange pin to string relationship, (though there is often much to
> be
> > improved
> > in this regard if the pinblock is not too thick.)
>
>    Yes, and on occasion I have peeled felt from the rebound cushion to
> allow for enough blow without the shanks actually resting on the cushion.
> Adding and subtracting felt works okay with the current Steinway wipps
> (and
> Renner), basically just a bit of fairly firm damper felt, but it's a
> problem
> with the old style, with the red felt glued around and over the white
> (still
> replicated by Tokiwa). Anyone have a good method for adjusting thickness
> of
> those red strip covered pillows? I've cut them off and replaced with the
> new
> style (Pianotek has a couple thicknesses), but maybe there's a nifty,
> faster
> way I haven't come up with, to add thickness without going to all that
> trouble.
>    This is often a further problem on those Steinway grands where the
> lower
> shoulder (and staple) of the tenor hammers likes to lock up with the
> leather
> on the checks on some rebounds (My Bs from the 60s are all like that). A
> different kind of lock up. Bottom line is there needs to be minimal
> distance
> between shanks at rest and pillows, but sometimes that's hard (or at least
> inconvenient) to accomplish - and have everything else work as one wants.
> One certainly doesn't want to base regulation on where the pillow tops
> happen to be.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
>
>
>
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