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The animation helped loads, and that combined with the following videos got me going in the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-bs-dKnooo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01DBtig_Fgw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrhGfwB_420 I managed to do some proper regulation and boy was I chuffed :D. I did the...

Ok found it. Before I get to that though I have a problem. The hammers are aligned, but if I place them hovering just over the rests this result in a distance from the string of about 5.6 cm. If the hammers at a distance of the recommended 4.6 cm from the strings then they will hover about 1 cm over...

Thanks again - I couldn't find those posts you mentioned, but found hundreds of others, and decided to post some updates over there instead, as there seems to be more action over there (no disrespect to this place, its great too, and no pun intended either). The Kawai manual is great for a novice - ...

Ok I've read that - interesting. What part/parts are you referring to: 1) Breaking off the hammer heads, shortening the shanks, and re-gluing them 2) Adjusting the tension of the repartition spring 3) Reading "Complete Grand Regulation" by Roger Jolly 4) Reading "Piano servicing...&qu...

Thanks lluiscl, yes apparently otherwise known as "rocker capstans" - here's a nice picture of the workings taken from this page: http://my.opera.com/BerndAB/albums/show.dml?id=5729542 RockerCapstanMechanism.jpg I've started aligning the hammers today after sanding them this morning. Here ...

(continued from above) And some more close ups thay may be of interest: KapsActionBackView.jpg KapsActionCloseUp1.jpg KapsActionCloseUp2.jpg Here's some hammers when some keys are pressed: KapsActionKeysPressedFull.jpg And a side view with the hammers removed: KapsActionSideView.jpg I'd like to get ...

Hello there all, I've just got myself a very old Kaps concert grand piano (1920 I think, but can't find the serial number), and I want to have a bash at fixing up the action myself if I can. I've already tuned it ok, but the action feels pretty bad. Some of the keys are stiff, others rattle, etc. Th...