[CAUT] Friday Puzzler

[Ed Sutton]

Paul, you're gonna have to work this out.

1) Are some screws too long?

2) Are the holes drilled to different depths? Can you drill them further yourself?

3) Is it really different depths, or different length screws, or are the holes drilled or messed up out of alignment so that the screws go in at different angles, thereby causing the flanges to set on the rail at different angles from one vertical plane (not rotating around the axis of the screw, but rotating around the axis of the rail). 

4) Is this original, or did someone repair loose holes or use oversize screws to create the irregularity?

5) Are the flanges irregular?

All of these are possible, and probably something else as well.

You have to look, see, and tell us! Test more than 3 samples.

Ed S.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul T Williams 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Friday Puzzler


  I think it is indeed the screw holes in the rail.  For fun, I just screwed in the screws with no wippen on these 3 samples I took off.  Well, what do you know...the screws are at different heights!   

  Is there a way to remedy this, or am I stuck.  Is this a replaceable part? 

  Paul 



        From:  Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>  
        To:  CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>  
        Date:  07/31/2009 12:25 PM  
        Subject:  [CAUT] Friday Puzzler 


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  Hi gang! 

  I'm puzzled!  I'm now working on a 1966 Steinway M with a strange thing going on.  I looked and the wippens and they're all askew and not in any kind of even line on the brass rail. Some places, they're nearly 2mm off.  I tried to attach a picture, but it was too big. I'm still getting used to my new camera and iMac (having been a life-time PC guy).   

  I checked the wips themselves, and they're all good.  I can't "see" anything off on the brass rail, but only took off 3 wips in a row to check the rail out. 

  Have any of you ever come across this?  I've got a message out to our tech support guy about the picture, but perhaps you know what I'm describing. 

  Thanks for any help. 

  Paul 

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