Les: >From my experience with these things, it's probably not from the fire but from the "T" on the fall board. I think they are a little prone to get tight like some other eastern pianos. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/8/02 at 9:54 AM Newton Hunt wrote: >Hi Les, > >First, the wippen spring help REDUCE sluggishness by reducing key >weight. If they just lift their own weight then they are adjusted >properly. > >The after effects of a fire take a loooong time to settle down to >"normal" which will not necessarily be what we consider normal. Smoke >damage is long lasting, and dangerous, to you since it is more than just >toxic. When you work on the action I would wear a mask and some gloves >when you can. > >Sluggishness comes from lots and lots of sources. If everything else is >normal then I would start by polishing the key pins, front and center, >lubricating the bushings and pins and when installing the keys do so one >at a time and carefully ease each key, front, hole and button. Polish >the capstans and lubricate them and the rocker cushions. > >Repin the entire hammer rail section and if the wippens and other pin >sets show the same symptoms then repin those as well. > >Without meticulous attention to details and doing all 88 of whatever >then what is left undone will come back and bite you. Carefully check >the pinning of the damper section and check the polish of the wires. >WHen you are done it will play like a dream. > > Newton > >Leslie W Bartlett wrote: >> >> I ran in to my first experience with whippen assist springs this week, >> and think I heard some negative things about such on the list, but would >> like current thinking I can share with customer. All parts in whippen are >> plastic, and the spring actually will lift the whippen up, at rest, when >> the back (damper-end) of the key is held down. >> >> I think it is contributing to a sluggish action. The home in which the >> piano resides had a fire five years ago. The piano was covered with a >> large tarp, says customer, in order to "prevent it from getting >> wet"........ Now, five years later, hammers are either sticking or >> swinging 1-31/2 times. There is some verdigris on the bass hammers, but >> the hammer flange pins look clean, as does the hammer flange felt. >> Wisdom needed. Repinning seems to fix the hammers, but I cannot figure >> why it would take this long for them to get tight. >> Thanks >> les bartlett >> houston >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >> Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >> Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >> http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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