At 08:00 AM 01/11/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I just got an action that I've never seen before and I have a question about >it. Hopefully some one out there has run in to this. It's a 50 year old >chickering and the key sticks are not on one plane from front to back. It >dips down behind the balance rail pin so consequently there is no access to >the capstan. There is access from the rear of the action but still no room >to turn them as the back check wires are in the way. How in the world does >one adjust a hammer line with this sucker? > >Thanks for any suggestions you might have. > >Howard S. Rosen, RPT >7262 Angel Falls Ct. >Boynton Beach, Fl 33437 > >hsrosen@gate.net I presume this is a console. Remove a key, turn the capstan, reinstall key, check lost motion, remove the key, adjust capstan, reinstall key. Repeat... The old style uprights with a screw underneath the felt were adjusted like this before capstans were utilized. Sit down while you're doing this, have a cuppa nearby, Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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