[pianotech] Lost motion in Spinets

Donald Lemoine donspiano.service at comcast.net
Sat Feb 21 06:08:58 PST 2009


Hello Bruce,  Have also found Excessive tightness of full sustain   
pedal Rod will cause lost motion problems. always check this first.  
Don Lemoine
On Feb 20, 2009, at 11:22 PM, Bruce Dornfeld wrote:

> It is always a good idea in vertical pianos that were not built to  
> the most exacting standards or with a lot of wear to check the jack  
> return on a number of test notes.  Whether the hammer follows the  
> hammer rail back or not, if the jack does not get all the way back  
> into position, you need more lost motion.  If you adjust everything  
> to the normal standard, then find out the piano won’t play, you will  
> have to do it over again.  DAMHIK!
>
> Bruce Dornfeld
> bdornfeld at earthlink.net
> North Shore Chapter
>

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