Customizing a piano

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Initial casters were iron I believe and quite ugly, i replaced them with rubbex, because i like to slide the piano around from place to place in my room. 
 
Alicia> From: pianoman at accessus.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: Customizing a piano> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:37:30 -0500> > The Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups I make can be made at whatever thickness > you like to raise or lower the entire piano..> James> James Grebe> Since 1962> Piano Tuning & Repair> Creator of Handsome Hardwood Products(> 314) 608-4137 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010> Researcher of St. Louis Theatre History> BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!> www.grebepiano.com> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A E" <eve_ane at hotmail.co.uk>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:18 AM> Subject: Customizing a piano> > > > Hello all,> > I have recently crossed a customer who asked me to make some custom changes > to his S&S model B. Such as raising the lyre height alittle (he says he has > big feet and its unfomfortable for him to use the height set), so i found a > couple of big guys with hairy palms to lift the piano, and put some larger > casters in, which raised the piano by about almost an inch, which he said > was just right.... That got me thinking... I'm 6ft tall (unfortunately) and > one of the pianos I have, the keybed was so low i couldnt fit my knees > underneath and it was a very... shall we say loosly uncomfortable experience > playing it, as well as the same problem as the customer, i have biger feet > than most and pedal height was unfomfortable, so i took up larger grand > sized casters. The piano im talking about is a 43inch console which i wrote > about before, (the one i fell in love with). But after i carried away on a > spree with customizing it for myself, i changed entire regulation, let off > is not set at about 3mm in bass and 5mm in trebble, basically as close as it > will get without bouncing, put on a very tight set of hammer springs, and > made a drastic change of puting in a set of hammers that normally would go > into a 290 Bösey... Adjusting capstains i didnt leave the hammer resting on > the hammer rest rail, instead, i adjusted them so that theyr about 5mm off > the rail, in other words the butt is resting on the jack. (adjusted the > action brakets to make sure hammers keep the same blow distance as if they > were rested on the rail)... Shokingly the action became as heavy as on a new > grand piano.. however, it has also became intensely sencitive, and > repetition is fast and clean (atleast as far as i can play).... it almost > feels like im playing my old Bosey 290...> While i was as it i lubricated center pins and front rail pins with some oil > for guns... yes for guns :-)... and i was astonished and what a diference > this experiment made....> Now my question is, is making such experiments ok? and if so why dont most > manufacturers today who make good quality uprights dont mess around more > with the actions they make?> > > Alicia Evans> Philadelphia> _________________________________________________________________> Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on > eBay today!> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ > > 
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