[pianotech] Action locking

[Barbara Richmond]

Years ago, I uncrated a lot of grand pianos. 

Some new pianos came in with a long stick tied to the action brackets. The stick sat on top of the hammershanks and snugged up against the hammers. 

Some pianos had an adjustable bolt that attached to the hammer flange rail and would tighten up against the pinblock. 

I may have seen a wedge make of some sort of packing material that went between the hammer flange rail and the pinblock. 

Very often the top stick was tied to the plate and the music rack was tied down to the desk. There was packing material placed so there would be no rub marks. 

Barbara Richmond, RPT 
near Peoria, Illinois 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chip tuthill" <chiptuthill at yahoo.com> 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 5:55:50 PM 
Subject: [pianotech] Action locking 





I received a call from a moving firm today. They want a technician to disassemble a small grand prior to loading. They asked me to provide an "action lock"? As far as I know, the action in a grand is held by the "dags" cheek blocks, etc. and needs no further locking prior to shipping. 




Any idea what they are looking for? 


Thanks, 


Chip Tuthill 
Tuthill Piano Service 
Mancos, CO 
Associate Member PTG 

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