Robert Goodale wrote: > Lance Lafargue wrote: > > > I GIVE UP! I've been trying to help a customer of mine who bought a cheap > > Kranich & Bach (made in Europe, 1993, sold by Baldwin) 42" upright. > > > > I have come across this problem hundreds of times over the years and have > > always been able to regulate it out, but I can't seem to get this one to > > stop without regulating it out of the comfort zone. Any ideas? > > Thanks very much! > > I hate to be blunt and obvious, but... Since this piano was marketed by > Baldwin, does it by any chance have that awful artificial "corfam" crap > that they insist on using in the action instead of buckskin? If so, it > may be that the catchers have become hard and smooth and will no-longer > catch on the backchecks. > > Just a thought. > > Rob Goodale, RPT ------------------------------- Rob, "Corfam" hasn't been used by Baldwin for years. The material used now is really quite good. (Corfam was also a fairly good material until the vendor changed the formula without notifying their customers.) But it is only used on their US (OK, Mexican) built actions. The Kranich & Bach does not use this action. This sounds to me like a geometry problem. I've been kind of following this thread, but I've not yet seen what the hammer blow distance is. Seems to me, that's where I'd start. Del
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