funny keyglide situation on M and H

[Jerry Cohen]

Many actions have a capstan at the top to hold the action down during
shipping. I am not familiar with new M&H actions, so I don't know if it has
one of these capstans. It is more common on Asian pianos.

If it has a capstan, perhaps it got rotated slightly after the action was
removed, preventing you from sliding it back in. Just a guess.

Jerry Cohen
NJ Chapter

> Hi all,
> 
> One of the stores I work for took delivery of 2 new BB M and Hs yesterday.

> When I walked into the store they were ready to be unpacked, so I went to
work 
> removing all the packing material, removing the action, etc., etc.  When I

> went to put the action back in, something would not allow it to go back
into the 
> cavity.  I looked for things that might cause it to bind, and the only
thing I 
> could figure was that the glides were set so high, it was jamming.  I
turned 
> all of them in about half a turn, and voila--in it went.  
> 
> When I get time, I'll go back and bed the frame properly, but in the 
> meantime, I have to wonder why the glides were set so high.  So it won't
"settle in 
> shipment?"  Anyone have a possible reason for this?  I've removed many
actions 
> from new pianos, and have never seen this before.
> 
> Sorta Mystified,
> 
> Dave Stahl
> 

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