Ladies and Gentlemen, It is not the jack spring. That was the first thing I tried in both cases. The jack snaps right back into position. That's another weird thing. It lines up perfectly. Hammer IS resting on rail. The problem lies in figuring out at which point in the linkage the hangup is occuring. I got on my back and waved a flashlight around for longer than I should have(I was late for my next job...), and slid a split mute handle around in various crevices looking for erasers and the like that might have found their way into the bowels of the beast. If this was an upright, the action would have been out and back in in five minutes, problem solved. Since this is a spinet, what would be obvious problems on a normal piano, are headaches--and backaches and neckaches. On the other hand, I did get both notes working, though I circumvented whatever problem is in there without solving it by adjusting lost motion, letoff, and checking. They don't play perfectly, but at least you can hear something when the key is struck. There appears to be something holding the wippen "up" in each case, judging by the backcheck position. I'm beginning to suspect someone may have installed the wrong part in the standard sticker piano, and there is something blocking linkage in the inverted sticker piano. IF I get called back and the customers want to pay me to remove the action and do the work, I'll letchall know what it is. I wish this was a "puzzler" where I could give you an answer, but it isn't one of those...yet! Dave Stahl, RPT Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net http://dstahlpiano.net/ -----Original Message----- From: pianotech at a440piano.net To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Baldwin spinet "lost motion" issue twice in one week.... Hi Dave, Only one note on each that wouldn't regulate??!! You're a Star! I can't say any of these I've ever seen regulate well. But, I digress..... Is the hammer resting on the rail, or, more specifically, at which linkage does the action hang up? Is it at the sticker,wippen, or hammer, or other. I might suspect a tight jack pinning not allowing the jack to return under the butt all the way. Any more clues you can give?? William R. Monroe Dave S writes: SNIP Everything was there, but the lost motion ate up about a quarter inch of keydip. I looked for things that might be wedged in there, but I could find nothing. And I didn't have time to pull the action, having already spent most of the appointment pitch raising the pso and vacuuming out the various places where who-knows-what may have dwelt. Second piano, a just-delivered rental piano, had the same symptoms--again on only one note--but it was one of the newer type Baldwins with the rubber grommets hooked into the lifter fork, and the plastic nut on top. I checked linkage as much as I could, but could find nothing wedged anywhere on either instrument, though on the second one the connecter to the elbow was sitting up too high. Very frustrating. I explained to the owner and renter that this is one big reason why spinets in general should be avoided. Dave Stahl, RPT but humbled by Baldwins again ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070330/638e8c6f/attachment.html
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