I have two horizontal letoff tools, but I’m not sure that even the thinnest would work on this action as they are turned all the way up.
One I purchased from either Schaff or Pianotech and has a straight pin letoff tool on one end and a shallow cup of the other for this type
of letoff screw. It is pretty thin, but… The other is a small ratchet handle from a mini socket kit, the kind with a few mini sockets and a screwdriver
tip. Turns out it fits great on a Steinway letoff rail. The nice part is that once you get it on there you can turn it as much as you need to without
removing the tool.
Jeff Cutler
University of Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Original Message:
Sent: 1/22/2022 11:14:00 AM
From: Scott Cole
Subject: How do you deal with these letoff screws?
Greetings all,
Occasionally I come to a piano that has letoff screws like the one pictured below (a 1929 Knabe concert grand). Many designs have clearance above the screws, or set them at an angle, but not here. None of my tools will fit from above--how do you deal with situations like this? So far, the only way I've found is to use a long, thin letoff tool, but turning the screws that way is painfully slow. And if they're at just the wrong angle (which they usually are), there's no way to get the tool in. Especially at the end of a section.
Any ideas?
thanks!
Scott
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Scott Cole, RPT
rvpianotuner.com
Talent, OR
(541-601-9033
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