[pianotech] help

[Joseph Alkana]

You're welcome,

 I do hope you are able to find the problem quickly. It seems that you are
saying the back of the action will not move, but you can lift the front.
That would indeed sound like screws, possibly from the legs getting in they
way. I do remember the spring on a cheap Korean piano, though, that had dug
itself into the side of the keyframe and absolutely locked the action in
there. It was another RPT that called me for help and I was lucky to find
that condition for her. We could lift the action all around, but couldn't
see anything apparent and it, too, would not budge forward.

 

Do take care to protect yourself if you have to take a leg off. Do you have
necessary removal and support gear? I work very carefully around any grand
where there appears to be leg problems of any kind. In fact, I always stuff
the piano bench under it, just as an added protection while working. Can't
be too careful sometimes.

 

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Joseph Alkana RPT (Retired)

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ursula Hammerling
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:24 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] help

 




Joseph,

I lubricated that spring while I was there because I had thoughts about that
too. And yes ,you are right, the spring is on the bass side of the piano,
but that is also the side that buckles a little bit.(I am sorry, I meant the
shift pedal shifts to the left and not the sustain pedal in my original
mail.) It seems the action is hanging on the right rear side. 
I guess from what else I read in other mails, I will have to look for a
hidden screw that holds tight in some way the right back of the action.

Thank you for your input.
Ursula

--- On Fri, 2/19/10, Joseph Alkana <josephspiano at comcast.net> wrote:





 

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