Avery Todd rote, 2/15: <<Can someone offer me correct "fix" for the problem. Unless the guides are worn, the only thing I can think of is to plug and rebore the screw holes for the guide plate slightly lower. >> Go ahead and replace the original guides with the fully adjustable, nylon ones available from YoMamaha or Pianotek. But prepared to enlarge the cut-out in in the keyblock with a router, specificallly for the vertical adjusting screw (the one taking over the job of the leather and cardboard shims at the front in of the block). Do all these provisions for adjustment bother me, are they inherently less stable? Who cares, they're a snap to reset. BTW, don't expect to get out of this one before crwawling forward from the backrail (including checking that the action frame properly sits on the keyframe without distorting it durin the fastening), the glides and finally front rail. You need the first floor before you can start on the third floor. <<With some contact cement I glued a thin, narrow piece of veneer onto the guide pin in the action frame. It worked. The action shifts easily and no noise. >> Wood on bronze under pressure should last just about long enough for the modern nylon guides to arrive from Pianotek. Bill Ballard RPT NH Chapter, PTG "If you are in a dilemma about where to park your car, ask your hostess. If she is engaged, ask some responsible person who can indicate a convenient spot" Betty White's Teenage Dance Book (paperback, 1959)
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