[pianotech] Puzzler ala Wurly

[Amadeus Piano]

I don't know; I'm grasping at straws here too, but could it be possible with
an action like that, that that hammers might drop a bit forward when the
piano is off-level, back end lower than the front?  ... pulling the whippens
up a bit too?
Or would it have to be *so* off-level for that to happen that you'd clearly
see the problem from across the room?
Grasping...
Gary 


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Terry Farrell
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:53 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Puzzler ala Wurly

I appreciate your try. It does have the flange rail for the stickers,  
but that assembly is solid. No pencils anywhere.

Well, yeah, it's obvious once you figure it out! I found that out. ;-)

Terry Farrell

Good Golly, is my puzzler so difficult it hasn't been solved? Do we  
need to let the experts in on this??????


On Sep 11, 2009, at 8:08 PM, David Doremus wrote:

> Terry Farrell wrote:
>>> Is the hammer butt resting on the jack?(Because the hammer shanks  
>>> aren't
>>> resting on the rail as they should be--right)?
>>
>>
> Well, heck. Clearly the whippens are too high. It could be something  
> under the back of the keys but not on all of them. Could be the  
> hammer rest rail, but the shanks are high off of it. Could it have a  
> flange rail for the stickers, sitting over the capstans, that has  
> dropped down onto the back of the keys? Usually those are pinned as  
> well as screwed in, but I gueass it's possible.  Or a whole chain of  
> pencils stuck in the same place? I'm having trouble picturing the  
> whole situation and probably missing something very obvious....
>
>
> ---Dave
>
>  New Orleans