'birds eye'

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> List,
> 
> By the way I seem to find a lot of Renner actions with pinning loose in the
> birdseye.  Anyone else found this?
> 
> David I.
> 
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> On 6/6/01 at 11:32 AM David Ilvedson wrote:
> 
>> Jeannie,
>> 
>> I have a customer with Feurich 6' 4" grand, Renner action.  I came into
> the
>> situation where he wasn't touching the piano and hated it because of the
>> excessive action noise.  What I ended up doing was regulating the height
> of
>> the jack in the wippen, which was low.  The noise lessened quite a bit.  I
>> checked the pinning on the hammer flange and found the pin loose in the
>> birdseye.  I ended up repinning the entire action.  He now loves the piano
>> again.  Check the height of the jack, its position with the knuckle and
> the
>> pinning.  
>> 
>> Good luck
>> 
>> David I.  
>> 
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>> On 6/6/01 at 8:56 AM Jeannie Grassi wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello All,
>>> I'm wondering if many of you have had a chance to tune a new Charles
>> Walter
>>> Grand?  I finally got a chance yesterday.  Lovely instrument.  But the
>>> complaint from the customer was about "excessive action noise".  This is
>>> specifically the noise that appears when the action parts (wippens,
>>> hammers,
>>> keys) are dropping back to rest position.  Of course this happens in
> every
>>> action, but it did seem rather noisy for a piano of this quality with a
>>> Renner action.  I'm wondering if this is typical of this piano and what
>>> might be done to improve it?
>>> 
>>> The keyframe did need a little bedding but I noticed no appreciable
>>> difference in the noise after correcting that.  The rest of the
> regulation
>>> was close enough to expect less noise.  The back rail cloth was glued on
>>> one
>>> edge only, but it was the rear edge, which is the opposite to what I
> would
>>> expect.  I loosened the glue joint under the cloth in some spots
> expecting
>>> to hear a huge difference, but no appreciable change. All rails, flanges,
>>> brackets, etc. that are supposed to be tight, were tight.
>>> 
>>> Anyone have similar experience with this piano or any more ideas for this
>>> sort of thing in general?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> jeannie
>>> 
>>> Jeannie Grassi, RPT
>>> Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
>>> mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net
> 
> 
> 
Can anyone tell me what 'birds eye' means in relation to pianos?

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