At 11:53 AM 7/13/98 -0700, you wrote: >> > Dear List, >> > I'm not too familiar with the Schwander actions and I have a bit of a >> > problem. <snip> >> > >> > 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. Check for friction in the hammer flange, key bushings/bal.rl. hole, whippen centers. Springs may have been disconnected also. Do not rely on the springs to solve anything until the friction is addressed. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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