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Testing the Backrail Fit: With action fully assembled, keybed clean, spring out, cheekblocks bedded, and glidebolts off keybed, reach through dampers, strings, and action parts with a long screwdriver (or...
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Hidden Glidebolts: Not all glidebolts show. Unless you are familiar with the make and model of a grand piano, it might be worth the extra effort to pull the action...
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Bedding the Cheekblocks: What are the functions of a cheekblock? In a Steinway grand, a cheekblock provides three important services: positioning the action in-and-out for tone, side-to-side for soft-pedal shifting, and up-and-down to complete...
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How Flat is the Keybed? At the piano, with its action out and keybed clean, apply the flat side of your straightedge to the keybed's front, balance, and back rails for...
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Shape of the Keybed: Bedding is the foundation of a grand regulation and piano manufacturers put a lot of effort into providing a flat, stable surface on which to construct this...
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Concerning Dags and the Return Spring: First, consider the dag at the back of the keybed (pronounced dog, as in bench dog, thank you David Hughes). Blue painter's tape (useful for...
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A New Offering in the Offing: The Key Steps for Grand Regulating Slideshow plots an effective approach to grand regulation. With this photographic outline for context and continuity, please join me weekly for a short...
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