Starr console

[Avery Todd]

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Ed,

It sounds like the jack is not far enough under the hammer butt and is 
escaping too
easily. Similar to a grand that has the jack adjusted too far forward. Have 
you tried
the grand type test of holding the hammer in place and then playing the key 
with a
little force and seeing if the jack escapes? It shouldn't.

Avery

At 03:35 PM 3/27/05, you wrote:
>I'm stuck.  The piano is a Starr Console piano.  The C1 note plays, but 
>only softly.  If you play it and the surrounding notes quietly, it is just 
>fine.  Play with more force and the other notes get louder, the C1 does 
>not.  It feels as if the key is bottoming out before the hammer can reach 
>the string.  The let off is correct.  I have removed the front rail felt 
>and tried it that way, but still feels as if something is impeding the 
>hammer in its motion.  The damper mechanism seems to be fine, the spoon is 
>adjusted correctly.  I removed and replaced the whippen, and hammer, and 
>all seems to be A-OK.  Nothing is broken and the flanges all are working 
>easily.  The backcheck is adjusted all right.  It has been adjusted for 
>lost motion.  I don't know what to check next.  Everything seems to 
>working properly and adjusted correctly, yet something is keeping the 
>hammer from contacting the string with the proper force.  Any ideas????
>
>Ed Carwithen
>Associate PTG
>John Day, OR

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