Celeste la vie

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 Joel  writes:

<< Is there anyone out there, anyplace, that knows how to do this?
 Also, does anyone know for sure if the Schiedmayer Company is still
 operating in the Stuttgart area or anywhere else?  >>

 and Gina adds,

>Our symphony also has one which needs regulation which I don't know how to
do
>either. So, if you do find someone who has this kind of expertise, I would
..like his/her name also.

  Greetings all,

      These things are simple!,  the action is basically two moving parts,
the adjustments are minimal, and the big work is generally in the support of
the bars.

    Take the covers off, look at what you have to work with, and you may
decide that you can do this,  charge your normal working rate as you learn,
and you may come out just about even.
   Voicing is just as broad a subject on these things as it is on pianos,
 one celeste that I worked on recently han no more than a strip of felt glued
to wooden blocks in the shape of the hammer.  There was a dramatic difference
between .035" felt, and .060" felt.

Good luck,
Ed Foote

If you cannot regulate a celeste action to give an acceptable touch,  how can
you possibly regulate a grand piano to do the same??