Steinway pitman

[David Porritt]

On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Keith A. McGavern wrote:

>
> >Can anyone help with a troublesome squeak I'm getting from the brass pitman
> >& the pads it contacts...
> >Ken Strick
> >e-mail:  Strick@UConnVM.UConn.Edu
>
> In Albuquerque last year I heard Norm Neblett speak of a corrective measure
> for this area when all elses fails.  Not too certain how he goes about
> accomplishing it, but the end results are something like the Yamaha pitman
> concept.
>
> I believe he makes the hole larger where the brass rod travels through,
> creates a pilot hole in the underlever lift rail and in the wood lever
> where the brass rod contacts, and makes a wood dowel with a fluted pedal
> pin and punching at each end.  This thereby ends all contact with the area
> that you say is causing the troublesome squeak.
>
> Maybe somebody here on the list has seen this fix in the PT Journal, or can
> also confirm what I am recalling.
>
> Keith A. McGavern, RPT
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Oklahoma Baptist University
> Shawnee, Oklahoma
>
Would this void the warrantee by modifying the design intent of the
Steinway factory???

Dave Porritt
SMU - Dallas