Thanks very much. I guess drilling for the balance rail pins in the wrong place could also cause the same symptom, but the placement of balance rail pins is not meaningless. I just thought someone might have some knowledge of production procedures that might give a clue as to what happened. Kent On May 28, 2005, at 9:45 PM, David Love wrote: > Don't know for sure but I think they probably just drilled for the > front > rail pins in the wrong place. Afterall, the location of the pins is > meaningless except that it centers under the mortise. Another good > plate indexing job too that got the capstan back far enough that they > needed seven keyleads at F1. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of Kent Swafford > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:46 PM > To: Submit technical files to ptg.org > Subject: key sticks > > I'm sending along 2 pictures of the F1 keystick, B 342631. Note the 7 > original key leads, and the non-original leather key bushings. But > why I'm writing is the interesting location of the wear in the key > bushing from contact with the front rail pin. The whole set of keys > is similar, and under certain circumstances the front rail pins do > indeed bind on the front of the mortise. (This explains a few things!) > > Any ideas out there with regard to what happened? It looks like the > mortise is in the wrong place by just over 1/16". Anything else to > watch out for? I know, I know -- watch for _everything_. But it > probably is just the mortise in the wrong place, right? > > > Kent > > > > Photos at: > > http://tinyurl.com/cyygq > > http://tinyurl.com/ao697 > > Direct ptg.org URLs: > > https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/01/b9/bc/70/ > DSCN1071.jpg > > https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/fa/4b/57/a0/ > DSCN1075.jpg > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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