Unbelievable Workmanship

[Marcel Carey]

Hi David,

I think the pictures speak by themselves. The hammer flanges were
replaced and I'd bet they are thicker than original ones. And please
don't ask me how I know this.

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part de David Nereson
> Envoyé : 20 mars 2007 01:33
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : RE: Unbelievable Workmanship
> 
> 
> 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
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