Starr console

[Alan]

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Also check the jack to see if it is cracked or broken where it's pinned.
Checking letoff in slow motion won't always reveal what is happening =
with
the jack on a regular blow. Is the jack spring in it's place and =
unbroken?
If not, the jack may not be fully returning.
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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of Avery Todd
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 4:29 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Starr console


Ed,=20

It sounds like the jack is not far enough under the hammer butt and is
escaping too=20
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=20
little force and seeing if the jack escapes? It shouldn't.=20

Avery=20

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????
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Ed Carwithen
Associate PTG
John Day, OR


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