S&S XRM

[pianolady50 at peoplepc.com]

Hi,

Ferd can give you that info, too.  It does take longer and more care is 
needed to extricate the action with a through the keybed D/A.  Be prepared 
to spend a good deal of your time under the piano as you will be unscrewing 
the junction blocks for the tubing and lowering (but not necessarily 
removing) any keyslip linkage.  Bring paper and pen for note taking, masking 
tape for labelling and screw sorting.  If you notice that the trackerbar 
tubing is getting stiff under the keybed, it would be a good idea to bring 
some new tubing (and some tubing connectors) with you when you return the 
action to the piano.  That way if there is some minor splitting of tubing 
you can splice in a new piece.

Take your time and be very observant.  Don't force anything.

Debbie L.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: S&S XRM


> Lucky me, this one has the tubing through the keyframe.  I'll probably 
> give Ferd a call sometime early next week.     One other question: any 
> estimates as to how many hours to R&R the action, including 
> disassembling/reassembling this rig?
>
> Thanks,
> William R. Monroe
>
>
>> William,
>>
>> All the info you've been given thus far has been excellent.  If you are 
>> interested in being able to do even more work on player systems, Art 
>> Reblitz's book *is* the best.  If you're just looking for help with this 
>> particular piano *do* get in touch with Ferd Pointer.  He absolutely has 
>> the info you need easily retrievable from his amazingly detailed memory. 
>> You can email me privately, if you wish, and I can get the info you 
>> need...the information storage capability of my brain is not as vast as 
>> Ferd's!
>> Also, check out John Tuttle's website www.player-care.com
>>
>> Yes, there are two basic styles of D/A systems and each may have a few 
>> variations.  The 'tubing around the keyframe' is far easier to deal with 
>> than the 'through the keyframe' version.
>>
>> And, thank you Terry for the compliments (I'm sure that I speak for Ferd 
>> on this, as well).
>>
>> Debbie L.
>>
>>
>>
>>> If you don't get enough direct info from this list here, you may want to 
>>> contact Ferdinand Pointer at The Piano Company in Clearwater, Florida. 
>>> http://www.thepianocompany.com/
>>>
>>> Ferd is a PTG PRT and has been a Chapter officer probably about 20 
>>> times. He has been rebuilding player systems since shortly after the 
>>> earth's crust cooled. He will know everything and anything (and more!) 
>>> than you'll ever need to know about what you are looking at.
>>>
>>> And I'm pretty sure he will tell you that you can do it with appropriate 
>>> guidance.
>>>
>>> Also, you can try Debra Legg (most likely an RPT - although I don't know 
>>> right off hand and am too lazy to look it up) - she used to work with 
>>> Ferd doing a lot of player work, but moved to the NorthEast a couple 
>>> years ago - she is in the directory, participates on this list and 
>>> advertises in the PTG Journal for her key services (very nice work BTW) 
>>> and besides all that, she's a great gal!
>>>
>>> Good luck with it.
>>>
>>> Terry Farrell
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