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I was working on an early 80s Baldwin R.  First time customer for me.  The action regulation was a mess because the previous technician replaced the hammers with new flanges and shanks AND didn't regulate the action afterwards.  No big deal.  I spend some time regulating the action so that it played well.

But in my observation, the dampers were bouncing horribly against the backs of the keys indicating the damper upstop rail had come loose (there was 1/2 inch extra motion after strike).  
But... Somebody nailed the rail against the belly.  I've attached some pictures.  My first guess was the mounting screws were stripped in the belly, but they aren't.  They snugged up nicely.  My second guess was.... well, I don't have a second guess.  I have NO idea why someone would have nailed this rail to the belly when the screws functioned.  Let alone nailed it at a regulation that was FAR too high.

In the end, I pulled them out, tightened the screwed at the proper regulation, and it worked great.

Any guesses?

I was working on an early 80s Baldwin R.  First time customer for me.  The action regulation was a mess because the previous technician replaced the hammers with new flanges and shanks AND didn't regulate the action afterwards.  No big deal.  I spend some time regulating the action so that it played well.

But in my observation, the dampers were bouncing horribly against the backs of the keys indicating the damper upstop rail had come loose (there was 1/2 inch extra motion after strike).  
But... Somebody nailed the rail against the belly.  I've attached some pictures.  My first guess was the mounting screws were stripped in the belly, but they aren't.  They snugged up nicely.  My second guess was.... well, I don't have a second guess.  I have NO idea why someone would have nailed this rail to the belly when the screws functioned.  Let alone nailed it at a regulation that was FAR too high.

In the end, I pulled them out, tightened the screwed at the proper regulation, and it worked great.

Any guesses?

I was working on an early 80s Baldwin R.  First time customer for me.  The action regulation was a mess because the previous technician replaced the hammers with new flanges and shanks AND didn't regulate the action afterwards.  No big deal.  I spend some time regulating the action so that it played well.

But in my observation, the dampers were bouncing horribly against the backs of the keys indicating the damper upstop rail had come loose (there was 1/2 inch extra motion after strike).  
But... Somebody nailed the rail against the belly.  I've attached some pictures.  My first guess was the mounting screws were stripped in the belly, but they aren't.  They snugged up nicely.  My second guess was.... well, I don't have a second guess.  I have NO idea why someone would have nailed this rail to the belly when the screws functioned.  Let alone nailed it at a regulation that was FAR too high.

In the end, I pulled them out, tightened the screwed at the proper regulation, and it worked great.

Any guesses?

I was working on an early 80s Baldwin R.  First time customer for me.  The action regulation was a mess because the previous technician replaced the hammers with new flanges and shanks AND didn't regulate the action afterwards.  No big deal.  I spend some time regulating the action so that it played well.

But in my observation, the dampers were bouncing horribly against the backs of the keys indicating the damper upstop rail had come loose (there was 1/2 inch extra motion after strike).  
But... Somebody nailed the rail against the belly.  I've attached some pictures.  My first guess was the mounting screws were stripped in the belly, but they aren't.  They snugged up nicely.  My second guess was.... well, I don't have a second guess.  I have NO idea why someone would have nailed this rail to the belly when the screws functioned.  Let alone nailed it at a regulation that was FAR too high.

In the end, I pulled them out, tightened the screwed at the proper regulation, and it worked great.

Any guesses?

I was working on an early 80s Baldwin R.  First time customer for me.  The action regulation was a mess because the previous technician replaced the hammers with new flanges and shanks AND didn't regulate the action afterwards.  No big deal.  I spend some time regulating the action so that it played well.

But in my observation, the dampers were bouncing horribly against the backs of the keys indicating the damper upstop rail had come loose (there was 1/2 inch extra motion after strike).  
But... Somebody nailed the rail against the belly.  I've attached some pictures.  My first guess was the mounting screws were stripped in the belly, but they aren't.  They snugged up nicely.  My second guess was.... well, I don't have a second guess.  I have NO idea why someone would have nailed this rail to the belly when the screws functioned.  Let alone nailed it at a regulation that was FAR too high.

In the end, I pulled them out, tightened the screwed at the proper regulation, and it worked great.

Any guesses?

I was working on an early 80s Baldwin R.  First time customer for me.  The action regulation was a mess because the previous technician replaced the hammers with new flanges and shanks AND didn't regulate the action afterwards.  No big deal.  I spend some time regulating the action so that it played well.

But in my observation, the dampers were bouncing horribly against the backs of the keys indicating the damper upstop rail had come loose (there was 1/2 inch extra motion after strike).  
But... Somebody nailed the rail against the belly.  I've attached some pictures.  My first guess was the mounting screws were stripped in the belly, but they aren't.  They snugged up nicely.  My second guess was.... well, I don't have a second guess.  I have NO idea why someone would have nailed this rail to the belly when the screws functioned.  Let alone nailed it at a regulation that was FAR too high.

In the end, I pulled them out, tightened the screwed at the proper regulation, and it worked great.

Any guesses?