Was Unbelieveable Workmanship now S&S Action Jam

[Fenton Murray]

I've never seen it this bad, you can see the deep witness marks from the
flange screws as the assembly was forced in, screws are touching all the way
across the scale. Drop screws usually contact first, but they are probably
screwed down all the way because again of too tall part and related
incorrect action geometry. Action will not budge, I'm planning some quality
time with it tomorrow and should have it out. The amazing thing is, someone
put this in some number of years ago after "restoring" the piano, and it has
been blocking with dampers jamming across the scale ever since. How do you
sell a job like that? Geeeez
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Nereson" <dnereson at 4dv.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:33 PM
Subject: 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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