Heavy Playing S&S C

[Richard Brekne]

Thanks Wim... had forgotten about that thread. I will definantly
give that a good check. Yes... that WAS an interesting problem /
solution thread wasnt it.. thanks for reminding me about that. :)

Ric

Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 4/30/01 10:58:00 AM Central Daylight Time,
> rbrekne@broadpark.no writes:
>
>
>
>> Just started a basic action job on a Steinway C Hamburger :)
>> Nice
>> piano but getting a bit uneven and noisy as time goes by.. about
>> 20
>> years old. Folks have been complaining for a long time now about
>> it
>> been "heavy" or "sluggish".
>>
>
> Ricahrd
>
> Remember that Steinway B I worked on in St. Thomas? This piano
> also had a
> very heavy action, and we couldn't figure out what the problem
> was. Ray
> LaMotta finally figured it out, quite by accident. He discovered
> that when he
> put his hand on the top of the action,  the rail gave a little,
> more than
> what he expected. What had happened is the hammer rail had come
> loose from
> the action brackets. The weld actually gave way. Because it is a
> welded
> action, you can't see the break, because it is hidden. But push
> down on the
> action, and see if it moves. Then look very carefully at all the
> welded
> joints.
>
> Willem
>

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no