Bingo! You like Cuban or how 'bout made in America - rolled right here in Tampa? The sides only go up to the bottom of the keybed. Sides separated from bottom of keybed. I can only assume the joint was compromised for a long time and when they moved the piano across the room, the joint opened up when they lifted the piano. The piano has free--standing front legs with little wheels on them. The case does not have wheels - it rests directly on the floor. The keybed is horizontal and the back of the piano at the rear of the keybed is parallel with the wall (perpendicular to the floor). The back/sides of the piano are tilted - like the bottom of the piano stayed in one place and the top was moved a half-inch forward. At the front of the case side there is a 3/8" or so gap between the bottom of the keybed and the top of the case sides (the top of the case sides was at the keybed bottom) - at the rear of the case sides there is no gap. The owner wants to fix the piano. I pulled the action for her and her brother (a carpenter) is going to fix the case. My only question is whether the joint should be closed up completely (as much as is possible) - I presume so. But the capstans on this piano are $#%&ing nails - what the..... heck? There appears no way to adjust the capstans. Anyone ever see such a beast? So we really need to use the sides alignment as a way to adjust lost motion. There is adjustment in the capstan rail - but it was originally adjusted all the way to one extreme. I guess I could always bend up a couple new brackets or something to position it in the ball park. Anyone ever see nails for capstans? Thanks Jon. Darn good tech. Terry Farrell On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Jon Page wrote: > I tried to stay out of this but finally went back and read Terry's > original post. > It has all the classic symptoms of the sides being loose and the > back assembly tilted forwards. > -- > > Regards, > > Jon Page
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