1879 Steinway A

[David Andersen]

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> Thanks one and all for the suggestions.
> 
> As it turned out, I got to thinking and looking and pondering and ended
> up just filing the front (hammer end) of  flange profile back enough so
> that I could get the centerpins lined up with the old center pin line.
> This was a bit time consuming, but it got done in about 3 hours. It
> required a bit extra in terms of shank traveling and making sure the
> centerpin heights were even... but not so much extra in the end.
> 
> This brought back the knuckles so that they were just 1.5 behind the old
> ones, and that turned out to work really well with the jacks. The jacks
> were too far back relative to the knuckles to begin with, as I said in
> my first post.  I wont know until I start regulating just how off 90
> degrees the jack will be from the knuckle... but it looked pretty good
> on the bench.
> 
> I wanted to go with a 17mm  knuckles to center to accommodate a  number
> 6 SW curve... just under mid medium.  Thats about as light a hammer as I
> could ask for these days. The old set weighed in at  3/4 lows.... really
> light.  Samples were amazingly enough dead on the Stanwood curve.  I
> will be maintaining the same BW, and  keep the existing whippen assist
> springs at their same basic tensions.
> 
> Customer just doesnt have enough money for new whippens.
> 
> I'll take some pics as I get further along.   The keys and whippens are
> dated 1879.  The instrument is in really quite good condition for being
> so old. '
> 
> Thanks again one an all for the many good points and thoughts.
> 
> 
> RicB

THANKS, RicB. Thanks, D. Stanwood. Thanks, list, for doing what you do best.
Your knowledge is beautiful and inspiring.

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