This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I was called to work on a Kimball console piano this week. Manufactured about 1957. The name decal says kimballette?? It was 169 cents flat. I did a pitch raise and tune, and all went well. The problem is that the keys bottom out on the front rail felts before achieving let off. The dip is only about 6 mm. I removed the keys and cleaned and vacuumed, and also removed the key slip to measure the key height. The front rail of the key frame stands above the key bed some 3 or 4 MM. This is even across the front of the front rail key frame. The balance rail seems to be correct and bedded on the key bed. The balance rail felts are good, and appear to be sufficient in thickness. The front rail that is high is consistent in being off of the key bed from bass end of the piano to the treble. There is dirt and trash between the rail and the key bed that I did not try to clean out as I would have had to remove the key frame to get to it. There appears to be some sort of spacer on a couple of the screws that hold down the key frame which seems to be there specifically to keep the front rail spaced as it is. It does not appear that the frame or key bed is warped. The piano has not been worked on previously so I don't think the problem is a former job gone bad. The piano was left in a garage for the past several years, and now has been given to the present owner. The finish is in good shape, and the strings are clean and tuned up well, the pins are nice and tight. The balance rail and front rail felts are good as is the back cloth. The keys are not warped. Everything looks like it would work well if I just removed the key frame, clean underneath and replace it so that it is flat to the keybed. Then the keys should have proper dip, even if some adjustment with felts needs to be done. Should I just put in thicker balance rail felts to achieve the proper dip???? What am I missing????? Does anyone have a suggestion as to why this piano would have this type of problem. Your thoughts would be gratefully accepted. I have a couple of weeks to figure it out while the owner is on a trip. I am to go back to work on the piano at the end of April. Ed Carwithen PTG associate John Day, OR ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d6/c9/bc/e1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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