John, You might try looking at the wippen heel cushion. It can sometimes get a real deep indentation in it causing all kinds of problems with the capstan and friction. I doubt if that would be the only problem with it though. Doug Hershberger,RPT John J. Kowalski wrote: > > Dear List, > I'm not too familiar with the Schwander actions and I have a bit of a > problem. This is a strange circumstance. The customer told me she bought > it new in 1985. But it looks older. I sold pianos for 10 years, so I'm > usually off by only a year or two when guessing the age. (it's a game I > play with myself.) I can't seem to find a serial number on this thing any > where! Any ideas? I've been over, under and in this piano, and I doubt > this piano was new in 85. The serial number she claims to have found once > before is a six digit # that doesn't jive with the Piano Atlas. > > The piano tuned well and sounds great now; despite the fact she hadn't had > it tuned since she got it. Here's the real problem, the action plays like > your beating rocks. That is to say it's very, very hard. I play > professionally and I've never played one this hard. The let-off feels > amplified in the key. It feels heavy, but not necessarily slow. She hates > the action and I told her I would see what I could do. I brought the action > home. I lowered the capstans and that has seem to make the action play > better. But the back checks needed to be pushed back too. I noticed that > many of the back checks were causing friction even before I lowered the > capstans. The adjustments I made seem to work fine, but I am concerned I > did the right adjustment. Any one else come across this? I would > appreciate any advice either on the list or to my email. Qualski@apk.net > Thanks > John J. Kowalski
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