Associates only puzzler

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Tom,

Did you try the piano before you left after it was reassembled?

Was the felt on the bottom of the upstop rail pushing down on the keys??

Dave Stahl



In a message dated 2/13/03 6:00:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, Tvak@aol.com 
writes:


> Associate members of the list,
> 
> What separates us from the RPTs?  (Besides passing the tests.)  
> 
> Certainly, experience would be one of the top items on the list.  (Yes, the 
> list is longer than that...)  Knowing what to look for, having been there 
> before.  This past week, I added one thing to my list of things to look 
> for.  
> Next time...
> 
> No RPT would have the following problem because he would never have made 
> the 
> same careless mistake I did.  Therefore, I pose this puzzler to the 
> associates of the list, because it would just be too easy for the RPTs to 
> solve!
> 
> I recently removed the lost motion from an Everett spinet.  It had an 
> 'acrosonic' type action where the stickers/lifters go above the end of the 
> keys into a flange rail where the key capstan strikes them.  I had to 
> remove 
> the key cover, of course, and then found that it was still difficult to 
> reach 
> the capstans under the flange rail. So, I removed the key upstop rail and 
> removed each key by hand, and twisted the capstan.  When I finished I was 
> happy with the results.  I left just a bit of lost motion to each key, 
> hoping 
> to compensate for increased humidity in the summer, and all the hammers 
> moved 
> along with the hammer rest rail when I pulled back on it.  I put the upstop 
> rail and key cover back on and left with my check.
> 
> Another job (apparently) well done.
> 
> One week later I got a call from that client: some of her keys didn't play 
> all the time.  Especially if they were played twice, the second time, no 



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