[pianotech] S & S D rest cushions

[Andrew Anderson]

I've also had to do this on a D with tiny hammers installed on it.  I  
got rest cushion felt, cut and glued it on individually though.  This  
looks like a desperate, last-minute, on stage, behind the curtains  
 >SOLUTION<, whew.  Necessity is the mother of creativity... ;-)

Andrew Anderson

On Aug 14, 2009, at 11:08 AM, David Love wrote:

> I've had to build up rest cushions on S&Ss before for whatever  
> reason.  Repetition is better is if the shank is closer to the  
> cushion.  Better to cut individual pieces though.  This solution is  
> a bit sloppy.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
> 415 661 3666
>
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> From: "Marcel Carey" <mcpianos at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:48:25 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [pianotech] S & S D rest cushions
>
> Hi, this is what I found in a S & S D that was rented from the Mtl  
> Dealer. I suspect major geometry problems as the shanks were really  
> high from the original cushions. But... was this the real solution?  
> Repetition was realy problematic and regulation in general wasn't  
> better than the solution adopted by the previous "tech".
>
> Some days are worst than others.
>
> Marcel Carey
> Sherbrooke, QC
>
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