Rolland Miller wrote: > > Hello list, > > I sent this post out on the 26th but made a typo mistake in the last paragraph > stating the piano was an M. It's a B. > > I am servicing a Steinway B grand made in about 1968. > > While checking it out and tuning, it didn't feel right. I found: > 1. Jack tenders blocking hard. One broke while I was tuning. > 2. Blow about 1 and 5/8" which is short of the 1 3/4" that Sienway suggests. > 3. Key dip was not real even but in the .390 range. > 4. The drop screws were screwed way down but the drop wasn't as wide as I > expected from looking at the position of the drop screw tops. > 5. Action frame and flange screws where tight. > > The specs are off but not so much that I would expect the tenders to block as > "hard" as they were. > I lowered one capstan to get that hammer to a 1 3/4" blow and the jack still > blocked hard. > > When I go back this Friday I plan to take the stack and keys off the key frame, > set the glides, put it back together and see what the regulation specs are then. > Then diagnose to see what the problems are at that point. > > This is the first "B" I have worked on and I would like whatever suggestions > list members can give. Especially if the "B" regulates a little different from > most other pianos. > > Thanks ahead!!!! > Rolland Miller, 70642,3604@compuserve.com Question: Originally, this would have been a teflon bushed action. Have the hammershanks been replaced? Many were. If so, do they have the right geometry? --ddf
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