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My son, who works with me, serviced a S&S B yesterday.  He said it was in good condition.  He tuned it, did a light hammer filing, and some voicing.  When finished, he put the fallboard, cheek blocks, and keyslip back in and as he started playing, some dampers were hanging up. Mostly in the bass and low tenor.  If he removed the cheek blocks and pulled the action out just a 1/16 of an inch, the dampers would drop down.  But every time he put the cheek blocks back in and screwed them down the problem returned. 

We did some trouble shooting over the phone but could not solve the problem.   He said there did not seem to be interference from the sostenuto rod or sostenuto tabs.  He  did not leave any tools inside the action cavity.  The metal brackets mortised into the cheek blocks are screwed in tight.  The guides on the ends of the key frame are secure and not bent. 

The piano played fine before he did any work. I am going out there later today.   I can't think of any way the position of the action could change or what could be causing the interference.

Thanks,

David Weiss

My son, who works with me, serviced a S&S B yesterday.  He said it was in good condition.  He tuned it, did a light hammer filing, and some voicing.  When finished, he put the fallboard, cheek blocks, and keyslip back in and as he started playing, some dampers were hanging up. Mostly in the bass and low tenor.  If he removed the cheek blocks and pulled the action out just a 1/16 of an inch, the dampers would drop down.  But every time he put the cheek blocks back in and screwed them down the problem returned. 

We did some trouble shooting over the phone but could not solve the problem.   He said there did not seem to be interference from the sostenuto rod or sostenuto tabs.  He  did not leave any tools inside the action cavity.  The metal brackets mortised into the cheek blocks are screwed in tight.  The guides on the ends of the key frame are secure and not bent. 

The piano played fine before he did any work. I am going out there later today.   I can't think of any way the position of the action could change or what could be causing the interference.

Thanks,

David Weiss

My son, who works with me, serviced a S&S B yesterday.  He said it was in good condition.  He tuned it, did a light hammer filing, and some voicing.  When finished, he put the fallboard, cheek blocks, and keyslip back in and as he started playing, some dampers were hanging up. Mostly in the bass and low tenor.  If he removed the cheek blocks and pulled the action out just a 1/16 of an inch, the dampers would drop down.  But every time he put the cheek blocks back in and screwed them down the problem returned. 

We did some trouble shooting over the phone but could not solve the problem.   He said there did not seem to be interference from the sostenuto rod or sostenuto tabs.  He  did not leave any tools inside the action cavity.  The metal brackets mortised into the cheek blocks are screwed in tight.  The guides on the ends of the key frame are secure and not bent. 

The piano played fine before he did any work. I am going out there later today.   I can't think of any way the position of the action could change or what could be causing the interference.

Thanks,

David Weiss

My son, who works with me, serviced a S&S B yesterday.  He said it was in good condition.  He tuned it, did a light hammer filing, and some voicing.  When finished, he put the fallboard, cheek blocks, and keyslip back in and as he started playing, some dampers were hanging up. Mostly in the bass and low tenor.  If he removed the cheek blocks and pulled the action out just a 1/16 of an inch, the dampers would drop down.  But every time he put the cheek blocks back in and screwed them down the problem returned. 

We did some trouble shooting over the phone but could not solve the problem.   He said there did not seem to be interference from the sostenuto rod or sostenuto tabs.  He  did not leave any tools inside the action cavity.  The metal brackets mortised into the cheek blocks are screwed in tight.  The guides on the ends of the key frame are secure and not bent. 

The piano played fine before he did any work. I am going out there later today.   I can't think of any way the position of the action could change or what could be causing the interference.

Thanks,

David Weiss

My son, who works with me, serviced a S&S B yesterday.  He said it was in good condition.  He tuned it, did a light hammer filing, and some voicing.  When finished, he put the fallboard, cheek blocks, and keyslip back in and as he started playing, some dampers were hanging up. Mostly in the bass and low tenor.  If he removed the cheek blocks and pulled the action out just a 1/16 of an inch, the dampers would drop down.  But every time he put the cheek blocks back in and screwed them down the problem returned. 

We did some trouble shooting over the phone but could not solve the problem.   He said there did not seem to be interference from the sostenuto rod or sostenuto tabs.  He  did not leave any tools inside the action cavity.  The metal brackets mortised into the cheek blocks are screwed in tight.  The guides on the ends of the key frame are secure and not bent. 

The piano played fine before he did any work. I am going out there later today.   I can't think of any way the position of the action could change or what could be causing the interference.

Thanks,

David Weiss