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

Andrew Anderson andrew at andersonmusic.com
Sun Feb 28 14:38:42 MST 2010


As I recall, I measured and had at least 1/4" available as things now  
stand.
Andrew
On Feb 28, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> Andrew Anderson wrote:
>> Thanks, Probably Thursday as the schedule is rather full.
>
> I don't think anyone's mentioned it yet, but unless an extra thick  
> pinblock was installed, you shouldn't have drop screw clearance  
> problems. The relationship between string height and pinblock height  
> won't have changed unless the block thickness has. If the hammers  
> are bored to a reasonably "standard" length, stack shimming should  
> still be your best bet. As noted, sostenuto and back check height  
> complications are still looming.
>
> The politics are, as always, another thing.
> Ron N



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