flood at the restaurant

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 2/18/03 8:11:23 AM Central Standard Time, Tvak@aol.com 
writes:

> This time in addition to the tuning going south, there are a lot of double 
> striking hammers.  This is not going away.  Something changed and stayed 
> changed.  I tune it next week and I need to remedy this, but I'm wondering, 
> 
> what changed?  Not being as proficient at grand regulation as I am in 
> vertical, can anyone steer me in the right direction?  Looking through the 
> strings while I play, it looks like some of the hammers are not letting 
> off.  
> (This certainly could create double strikes.)  The piano was out of 
> regulation before the flood, but I don't know if that was happening before, 
> 
> therefore I don't know if that's causing the problem this time.  I don't 
> have 
> the time (nor will they pay for) a complete regulation of the piano.   I 
> could move the backchecks forward, but can anyone suggest a scenario that 
> would result in double striking of hammers from exposure to high humidity?  
> I 
> mean, why would the backchecks move or change?
> 
> Just fishing...
> 
> Tom S
> 

I think that perhaps the keybed expanded with the high humidity. This caused 
the balance rail to move up, etc. etc. Without doing a complete job, try 
lowering the glide bolts. This might solve the problem. 

Wim 

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