[pianotech] Lost motion in Spinets

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

O.. now I see!
 
Thanks!
Jul
 
 
In a message dated 2/20/2009 4:38:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tomtuner at verizon.net writes:

Julia,
Pushing down on the back of the key was Matthews technique in his post.If  
the back of the key is lowered ,the backrail cloth is compressed,the key  
drops,the capstan drops, the whippen drops and the backcheck will follow  ---lost 
motion or not. Tap ,push ,knock, bash or whatever that test has  nothing to do 
with diagnosing lost motion.
My method is to tap the back of the key as described across a section  after 
raising the capstans . That way any winking hammers reveal themselves  .If a 
shank is on the rail the hammer will not move  and  if the jack is just about  
touching the butt there  will be little or no lost motion.
    Try it. Turn up a capstan until the shank is off the  rest rail then tap 
the key as described.The hammer will wink and the jack will  probably hang up 
on a slow release of the key.
Best wishes,
Tom Driscoll
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _KeyKat88 at aol.com_ (mailto:KeyKat88 at aol.com)  
To: _pianotech at ptg.org_ (mailto:pianotech at ptg.org)  
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:28  AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lost motion in  Spinets


Greetings, 
 
       Just following this  thread, confused. Does your "testing" after you 
adjust the  section,  the tapping being as you state: "firmly and  rapidly"   
give a different result (compresses the backrail  cloth less so) than "pushing 
down on the back of the key" ; or do  you tap the key at a different location? 
 (not trying to be a wise  guy/gal) 
 
Thanks, 
Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA 



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