Aeolian Console key leveling problem

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Julia,
               Step #1 you have to have an even blow distance.  You 
may have to be creative to achieve this.  The blow distance will have 
a big effect on dip and after touch.
There are several ways you can achieve this:
1. Bending the hammer rest rail hangers.
2. Shimming the rest rail felt that rest on the action brackets.
3. Bolstering the hammer rest rail felt with some heavy card or 
another thin strip of bushing cloth.
4. Most console's will regulate well with 1 3/4" blow distance.
5. High treble, you may need to back out the action mounting bolts 
one complete revolution to get your 1 3/4" blow.

Completely regulate mid C to mid E, the top and bottom 3 notes and 
check the performance.  If all is well complete the regulation.

With even blow distance many of your regulation problems will vanish.

Regards Roger

At 08:24 PM 5/2/2006, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>         I was given an Aeolean Console and there is no serial# . 
> The insides are as new! A lady had it in her YARD!!! She covered it 
> up weith plastic and it endured only one rain storm. I brought it 
> to my garage (where I work) and after I let a 100 watt light bulb 
> shine on the upper end (treble) a few days the kyes de-swelled and 
> no longer seize. For practical purposes it plays fine.
>
>       However, I am trying to regulate this thing. First I checked 
> the blow distance. It is different in each area of the range. In 
> the bass it is 1 7/8" , in the low mid range it is 1 13/16, in the 
> upper mid range it is 1 11/16" and then it goes from lower treble 
> to upper treble 1 5/8"    to 1 3/8".
>
>      Also I checked the hammer rest rail height off the keybed. I 
> think the hammer rest rail was screwed up from the factory. In the 
> bass the rail is 1/8" lower than the way top treble off the keybed. 
> Even though I suspect that the keybed is warped, the felts between 
> the action brackets (there are 4 of them) and the bottom of the 
> hammer rest rail are all different heights!  In the bass the piece 
> of felt is 1/4" less in height than the middle two felts and the 
> felt under the top treble end bracket is in between the two 
> sizes!  All different! If I shim up the low ones will the weight of 
> the rail cause the rail to level over time?
>The rail doesnt appear twtised or warped.
>
>     Also, with the balance rail punchings all pretty much the same 
> heights (each key has a pink punching under the felt punching), the 
> keys gradually get very low towards the center culminating in 1/4" 
> lowness in the center 50 keys or so, yet the balance rail is level. 
> I know there is something wrong with the key levelling. Coud the 
> bed be warped? What to do? Unscrew the balance rail screws and 
> shim? How can I check for warping? What to compare the bed against and how?
>
>      The space between the jack and the butt is different in each 
> section of the piano.  Does anyone know the specs on this piano for 
> blow, key dip and key height? This piano plays really okay, like 
> new inside, good wood tight action centers, hammers hardly grooved. 
> It will be perfect for some deserving beginner as soon as it is all 
> worked out.
>
>Julia Gottshall
>Reading, PA
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