Talk about dumb luck (that's being dumb and lucky at the same time). I removed the nose bolt 'crowns' to figure out why the bearing was so deep in the tenor. As far as I can figure out the ultra tight crown also screwed the stud into the beam further. My helper did not notice the stud rotating with the nut, I'm lucky the plate did not crack. The stud was reset and the nut replaced, keeping a tuning hammer/lever/wrench on the stud. The bearing is now fine on the first duplex. The second duplex still needed minor shimming and the third needed filing on the high end. WHEW, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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