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Albertobarocco
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Good morning everyone, I want to thank you all for the wonderful site and for the truly very useful video tutorials; I have approached the world of piano maintenance, and I would like to know what the minimum equipment is that is needed to regulate the action. Thank you so much
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As you will have seen in the video tutorials, a pointed iron is needed to turn the pilots, another small tool to turn the eye screws, as well as the tool to turn the flat-head pins into the little buttons and a small screwdriver. Naturally, some scale models are needed to establish the distances of the hammers from the strings and their fall and parry distance.
Member
Paolo, but to dampen the strings, what do you recommend: rubber wedges or other materials? I saw some plastic spring-loaded clamps that seem very fast and practical. What can you tell us about this?
Moderator
Those are very useful for the vertical, but in general it is very practical to use a strip of felt 1 cm high and half a cm thick to isolate the strings (leaving only the central one free). Subsequently, by gradually removing the felt, the unisons can be voiced. I reserve the right to post photos of the minimum tools.
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Thanks, it would be interesting.
Anyway, it was implied that I was referring to the vertical one
Moderator
The felt strip can also be used in the vertical. The spring bar, which is very useful, will serve where the felt cannot reach and will also be useful when playing unisons to alternatively isolate the side strings of each choir.
