[pianotech] help

Scott Gray pelican2 at gmx.com
Sat Feb 20 12:39:56 MST 2010


Hi Ursula,

If I may make a request, please let us know what you find.  Myself just 
starting out in the buz, need all I can get in tips like this.

Good luck with it,

Scott Gray




On 2/20/2010 10:42 AM, Benj. D. Palmer wrote:
> Hi Ursula,
>
> I'll chime in on the 'lowered panel' keybed idea, and the possibility 
> that one of the pedal return spring/wooden slats may have broken.
> They could hang up on either the back rail or balance rail and still 
> allow you to lift and shift. Do all the pedals work properly?
>
> -Ben Palmer
>>
>>
>>     *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
>>     [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Ursula Hammerling
>>     *Sent:* Saturday, 20 February 2010 9:31 AM
>>     *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
>>     *Subject:* [pianotech] help
>>
>>
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     I very much like an answer to a problem, that I encountered today.
>>     I wanted to open a Premier Baby Grand 4'9" and I stumbled upon a
>>     problem removing
>>     the action. I removed the fall board with cheek blocks attached,
>>     and the key slip. There were no other screws holding the action in
>>     place. I also removed part of the trap work since I thought, that
>>     the broken 'soft' pedal might have something sticking upward to
>>     make removing of the action impossible. I was able to lift the
>>     front of the action up so I could look underneath, whether a screw
>>     might have been drilled through the key bead and so impeding the
>>     removal of the action. There was nothing visible. The bass side of
>>     the action gave way to about 1/8 of an inch, the treble side moved
>>     nothing. (The sustain pedal shifts from right to left). The action
>>     felt like being screwed to the back of the piano.
>>
>>     Does anybody have an idea what I might have missed?
>>
>>     Thanks for looking at this.
>>
>>
>>     Ursula Hammerling, RPT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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