Unbelievable Workmanship

[David Nereson]

I find this all the time, almost always on Steinways, and with the
original flanges.  Why?  Does the keybed swell upward?  Does the action
expand?  Does the plate/pinblock somehow come down toward the keybed?
It's quite common.  Does our dry climate in Colorado cause the action
cavity to shrink?  I don't get it.  Turning glide bolts up doesn't help -
well, sometimes a tiny bit, but still, something else has gone wrong.
        --David Nereson, RPT

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Fenton Murray
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:26 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Unbelievable Workmanship

Recently had this old O delivered to me. Some craftsman has managed to get
his too tall parts with screws above pinblock level into the action
cavity.
It will take dynamite to get it out. This has got to take 1st prize. Piano
came from somewhere around Reno, NV. Before that El Cajon, CA. Hammer
screws
in bass are past pinblock and 1/8 plus above. Ideas? Keybed removal. I may
make a modified body panel puller. I can't imagine someone forcing this
into
the piano, everything is blocking presumably because of distortion of
action
or simply the wrong parts. See attached photos for laughs.
Fenton Murray, RPT
www.MurraysPianoTuning.com