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Restoring Steger Natural Player Action
By Luke Myers

I would like to know your opinions on whether I should have the
original Steger action for my piano restored, or use it for "parts."
I'm leaning toward the latter, as I spent goodness knows how many
hours in trying to get it to work.  The pump for it is good.  I had
replaced the cloth and flap valves, etc., in it.

The stack is what really annoys me.  The way the pneumatics are
attached was a _very_ bad design, as in screw-in and not glued on.
By the time I had unscrewed all 88 pneumatics (and then re-screwed
them) from and to the decks about ten times, those screw holes wouldn't
even hold tight.  In addition, there were other things that irritated
me a lot.

I think there's a time when I have to say, "Enough's enough."  I would
like to know everyone's viewpoint on whether it really is worth the
expense to get the system working once and for (almost) all.

Luke Myers
ldmyers95@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]


(Message sent Fri 16 Dec 2016, 03:36:09 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Action, Natural, Player, Restoring, Steger

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