[pianotech] Removing a spinet action

[Tom Driscoll]

Paul,
 I agree 100% with your post. In the Baldwin scenerio I had mentioned--excerpt below -That is the compelling reason.
Tom D.


<snip> Baldwin verticals that have the bracket hole line up with a tapped hole in the plate. 
Once the machine screws are removed the bracket(s) spring up and will NEVER line up with the holes again. I was helping out a Baldwin dealer before the latest Baldwin meltdown and broke a bracket trying to get the thing to line up again.
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  From: PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com 
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  Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:23 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Removing a spinet action


  While I agree with the sentiment, given that "too high" in this case means jammed into the bracket bolts, "too high" from an action placement point of view is a matter of other reckoning--regulation needs, hammer strike, damper placement, etc. If there isn't a compelling regulation reason for leaving the bolts lower than they were found (or higher for that matter), then they should be returned to their original position which can only be done by some form of indexing. 

  P

  In a message dated 3/20/2010 7:13:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tomtuner at verizon.net writes:
    IMO if the studs need to be turned down ( a rare event in my practice ) it is because they are too high . Turning them back to their original position perpetuates the problem.
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