1969 Steinway L CBS?

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Piano regulated by someone who did not new (we see that most of the time),
but may be the action hammer or whippen rail is broken , have a close look
with a lamp

Go lightly with the glide bolts. Very minimal pressure on them is helping
the sound to be aerial you will see.

I understand that you can play enough well to see that the piano is not
working, have the correct key height , deep and keyframe bedding, and you
will have more than half of the regulation done !

Not too much pressure !

Good luck

Isaac OLEG

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de Bigeartb@AOL.COM
> Envoye : mercredi 8 mai 2002 05:55
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : 1969 Steinway L CBS?
>
>
> Hello Ya'll:
>      The church just received a 1969 Steinway L....beautiful walnut case
> ...terrible, terrible touch......Mushy, no power, damper pedal
> extremely hard
> to depress... uneven tone quality.
> QUESTION ...is this a CBS Piano????
>  So far here are the problems:   The keyframe  was not bedded. In fact it
> took 3/4 of a turn before the balance rail studs even touched the keybed.
> Hammer stroke...1/3/8 inch...a little shy...Key dip... thickness
> of keytop
> shy of 3/8" Plus 10 to 15 front rail paper punchings on each
> note. Keys not
> level but set correctly on each end 2 21/32" keybed to top of key.
> QUESTION....surely the factory didn't do this....did they???? The
> piano was
> bought new and stayed here in Decatur all it's life. I do not believe any
> technician...there's only one other one here...readjusted this
> piano but it's
> hard for me to believe Steinway would sell this piano. The piano
> hardly plays
> the way it is set up ,which of course, is a miracle it plays at all. I
> cleaned the gummy graphit from the damper pedal assy. and it depresses a
> little, little more freely. I also made sure the damper wires were free.
> However, the damper system seems hard to depress.  Any
> suggestions????  I am
> taking care of the hammer situation, cleaning the repetition
> level system of
> gummy graphit, and of course bedding the keyframe and redoing the entire
> keybed, leveling, keydip etc. I am completely regulating the action.
>      I am surprised by the shallowness of the key dip, the keyframe not
> bedded and the shallow hammer blow. I am concerned about the
> damper system
> and how to free it up. Of course the piano has teflon bushings.
>      As always, thank you guys and girls for your help . I'm  just an
> associate who is still learning cause I ain't real good....yet.
>
> Tommy Black
> Decatur, Ala.
>