[CAUT] Shimming the Steinway Action stack to reach the strings

[Andrew Anderson]

Yes, mea culpa.  Wasn't really thinking the numbers...most likely 2"+

On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:30 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

>
> The school whose Steinways I service is not satisfied with the  
> dealer's warranty fix (greater then 1" blow distance).
> Andrew,
>
> Not sure what you mean by this ("greater then 1" blow distance").   
> Did you mean greater than 2" (since it sounds like the strings are  
> too high)?
>
> Alan Eder
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Anderson <andrew at andersonmusic.com>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 9:13 am
> Subject: [CAUT] Shimming the Steinway Action stack to reach the  
> strings
>
> The school whose Steinways I service is not satisfied with the  
> dealer's warranty fix (greater then 1" blow distance). They are  
> requesting that the piano be made to play like it should which will  
> require shimming the stack so it is within reach of the strings  
> (>1/4" between fully backed out drop-screws and pinblock).
>
> Has anyone done this? What was the scope of work required? What is a  
> reasonable amount of time to complete the work?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew Anderson

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