No, this has already come up. It's not the problem. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone 360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com — ddfandrich at gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:08 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler The repetition is to long and catching on the rail. Sent from my iPad On Jul 16, 2011, at 8:11 PM, "Delwin D Fandrich" <del at fandrichpiano.com> wrote: > That's an interesting guess. I can see how this might well cause the > problem I found. But that wasn't it. > > You are at something of a disadvantage here. There are two keys to > unlocking this particular puzzle. One is a familiarity with the > precise configuration of the mid- to late-1920s Chickering wippen. The > other is some experience with Pratt, Read parts of a few decades back. > This company had only a casual acquaintance with incidentals such as > the precise specifications of various action parts and an even more > casual acquaintance with basic quality control. In their experience as > long as things like hammershank knuckles were mostly glued to the > shanks that was good enough. Their size and precise location were both unimportant incidentals. > > ddf > > Delwin D Fandrich > Piano Design & Fabrication > 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone > 360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com — > ddfandrich at gmail.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf Of John Delacour > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:45 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weekend puzzler > > At 09:23 -0700 16/07/2011, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > >> Nope. But we're warming up. >> >> ddf >> >>> Gene Nelson >>> >>> Rep lever too low, jack too far under knuckle, knuckle fabric fibers >>> resisting jack escapement? > > > How about the leather or cloth drop button on the repetition lever > catching on the inside of the hammer rail? > > JD > >
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