Celeste la vie

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:27:12 -0500 (EST)
> From:          A440A@aol.com
> Subject:       Celeste la vie
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

I have a celeste her with the SF Ballet that I have worked on.
I don't remember if it is a Schiedmayer or not but it is pretty
simple mechanism.  I agree with Ed, that you should be able
regulate it.  Mine has hammer, shanks and flanges with the
hammer upside down, hitting down onto the bar.  Thick wire
connectors to the back of the key.  It has four levels of bars
and there doesn't seem to be any logical reason to where the
bars to a particular key are located.  It also had something
spilled into it and one hammer felt was coming off.  The only
glue that worked for me was Titebond.  The only regulation that
I found was hammer blow distance via an adjustment nut at the
end of the key?  Too close and it blocks and too far and it
fails on a soft blow.  These are not precise instruments such as
a piano.

Good luck...

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA


>  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??
>
>
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