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Copyright © 2013 Mario Igrec. 527 Index composite parts 375 rails, repairing 240 facing off 439 Numerics compressed 68 rebuilding, overview 325 grooved, effects on tuning 132 105 System 336 diagram 64 regulating 166 reducing height of 439 16th Tone Piano 94 Double Repetition in verticals 77 regulating on the bench 141 replacing 436 1867 Exposition in Paris 13 double-escapement 5, 12 regulation, effects on tuning 129 to rebuild or replace 326 3M 267, 338 dropped 68, 113, 140, 320 removing 136 Air microfinishing film 202 English 9 removing from keyboard 154 dehumidifying 85 409 89 escapement of jack 76 repairing 240 humidifying 86 Fandrich 68 repetition, speed of 77 Air conditioner 86, 328 frame stability in verticals, Schwander 77 Albert Steinway 13, 76 A inspecting 191 single-escapement 4 Alcohol 144, 145, 147, 155, 156, 158, Abel 66, 71, 72, 340, 383 geometry 273, 303 spread 149, 280, 282, 287, 315 161, 179, 182, 191, 213, 217, 221, hammers 72, 384 geometry troubleshooter 304 tape-check 11 237, 238, 264, 265, 337, 338, 352, Naturals 71 grand, inserting into the piano troubleshooters 304 353, 356, 437, 439, 449, 478 Abrasive cord 338 137 Tubular Metallic Frame 66, 68 as sizing agent 215, 491 Abrasives, in buffing compounds grand, rebuilding 373 vertical 68 as solvent for shellac 480 364 grand, regulating 166 vertical, development of 15 as suspension for blue chalk 449 ABS grand, removing 136 vertical, Double Repetition 77 as suspension for chalk 240, 364, Carbon 17, 66 grand, removing from keyboard vertical, rebuilding 408 365 Styran 66 379 vertical, regulating 189 denatured 144 Absolute humidity 84 grand, rough-regulating 394 vertical, removing 140 ethyl 144, 222 Absolute Piano Restoration 236, grand, transporting 137 vertical, rough-regulating 416 for reflowing finish 481 288, 292, 313, 314, 394, 459, 466 grand, types 63 Viennese 3, 341 isopropyl 144, 222 Académie Royale des Sciences 3 Herz-Érard 63, 320 Action Geometry Program 273 methyl 144 Accelerated Action 59, 164, 300, how it works 76 Action rack rubbing 89, 90, 136, 144 315, 347, 496 in relation to damper 77 checking 152 Alcohol lamp 156, 168, 169, 194, Accu-Tuner 125 leather 341 repositioning 315 196, 243 Acetone 338, 384 leverage (see also “Distance Action spread 282 Aleene’s 336, 358 Acid, used in making hammer felt leverage,” “Weight ratio”) 279 Acu-Just 56, 424, 427, 428, 429, 430, Alexandre-Françoise Debain 76 71, 384 leverage, altering 312 432, 433, 434, 436 Alfons Huber 3 Acoustic Glue (see “Bolduc, leverage, changing through key Adhesive tape 337 Alfred Dolge 4, 5, 13, 14 Acoustic Glue”) travel 283, 284 Adhesives (see “Glue”) Aligning Acousticraft 203 missing notes 82 Adjustable Leverage Action 315 action parts 167 Acoustics, of room 209 modifying 378 Adrien de la Fage 76 grand damper heads 183 Acrylic 215, 217 parts with flanges, traveling 168 Aeolian mode 94 Alignment of hammers, checking in as hammer felt hardener 217 parts, comparing in grands 376 Affleck Piano Tuning 419 grands 149 for key tops 354 parts, repinning and rebushing Aftertouch Aliquot 36 AcryliKey 238 244 adjusting in verticals 195 Allen Wright 89, 157, 171, 211, 213, Action 24, 63 parts, rubbing 153 checking 153 228, 237, 261, 423, 425, 472 Accelerated in Steinways 59, parts, sluggish due to verdigris grand, regulating 173 Allied Piano/LakeOne USA 263, 265, 315, 347 246, 374 insufficient 171 483 Birdcage design 68 parts, testing the fit in grands 377 recording 344 Alpheus Babcock 12, 15 bracket 22 parts, to rebuild or replace 374 Agraffe 13, 21, 22, 56 Altering action leverage ratio (see bracket bolt 140 parts, traveling, squaring, broken, extracting 262 “Action, leverage”) brackets, expanding 142, 149 aligning 167 friction 131 Aluminum oxide 338 bumping type 3, 5 push type 3 reamer 437 Aluminum piano 25 cloth (Sticker cloth) 340 rails 66 Agraffes Amazing GOOP 336 528 Index Sample page from Pianos Inside Out. 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American Steel & Wire Company 44 bearing 58, 59, 163, 164 Blackstone Valley Piano 61, 88, 235, separated, effects on tuning 132 Americus Backers 7 felt punchings 340 237, 345, 346, 348, 355, 356, 357, setting the downbearing 475 André Bolduc 259, 472, 473 glides, adjusting 159 360, 361, 364, 367, 400 shimming to increase crown 467 André Oorebeek 157, 208 glides, lubricating 155 Blade, sostenuto (see “Sostenuto, Bridge pins 21, 23, 40 André Stein 8 pins 76 rod blade”) drilling holes for 477 Andrea Coen 2 punchings 59 Blanchet et Roller 10, 76 friction with 131 Angle of grain in soundboards 49 Balance weight 276, 278 Blankets 329 grooved, effects on tuning 132 Angle vise 387 Balancier 22 Bleaching installing 479 Anodized aluminum capstans 314 Baldassin, Rick 103, 128 hammer felt 71 loose, effects on tuning 132 Antique Finishers 335 Baldwin 31, 36, 49, 56, 140, 193, 319, soundboard 469 loose, repairing 256 Antique pianos, rebuilding 319 378, 424, 433, 434, 436, 459 white key tops 363 Bridges 36 Antoine Bord 13 Ball-peen hammer 214, 215 Blending of wool 71 diagnosing before rebuilding 322 Anton Stelzhammer 25, 27 Ballpoint pen spring 189 Blind dowel marker 454 graphiting 478 Anton Walter 5, 6 Bamboo skewers 241 Block, sanding 337 inspecting before restringing 419 Apostles, twelve 8 Band saw 330 Bloom, in sound envelope 44 rebuilding 472 Applicators for hammer hardener Bar soap 145 Blow distance 275 Bridle straps 140, 341 218 Bar, cutoff 46 regulating in grands 170 adjusting 191, 198 Apron in bass bridges 20, 40 Barclay, R. 320 Blow, half (see “Half-blow”) replacing 411 Ari Isaac 384 Bartolomeo Cristofori 1, 4, 6 Blue chalk 449 Broadwood 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 37, Arledge Music Wire 422 Baseboard 76 Blue Point hammers 71, 72 43, 320 Ascending intervals 95 block or bracket noises 493 Blued tuning pins 421 Broadwood, Thomas 12 Assembly 65 (see “Franklin glue”) in verticals 24, 252 Blushing of lacquers 479 Brooks, Ltd. 384 Assist spring (see “Wippen noises 494 Blüthner 34, 43, 63, 319 Broukal, Thomas 67 assist spring”) strengthening attachment of 494 Bob Flexner 479 Brown, Christopher 141, 142, 201 Attack 43 Bases of jacks in verticals, Bobbling 10, 151, 172, 195, 196 Bruce Dornfeld 149 August Kögler 13 inspecting 191 Boisselot & Sons 76 Brush Aural tuning 118 Bass bridge 20, 36, 40 Bolduc 329, 435, 444 cosmetics, for applying powder AvantGrand 63 Bass section, tuning 119 Acoustic Glue 336, 454 lubricant 157 Bass strings 34 pinblock router bit 442, 444 for dusting the plate 90 B hexagonal core 36 pinblocks 451 for tuning pin holes 421 making 34 see also “pianos Bolduc” suede 156 Babcock, Alpheus 12, 15 replacing in grands 231 Bolduc, André 259, 472, 473 Brushing varnishes, on Bach, Johann Christian 8 swaging (see “Swaging bass Bolduc, Christian 259, 472, 473 soundboards 470 Bach, Johann Sebastian 2, 9 strings”) Bolts 339 Bubble gauge string leveler 204 Back (frame in verticals) 24 twisting 231 Bookcase piano 8 Buckskin 241, 341 Back rail 22, 58 Beam, lack of, affecting melody Bord, Antoine 13 Buffing Back stop (see “Catcher”) octave 458 Boring specifications for drilling compounds 364 Backaction 22, 74, 300, 406, 407 Beams 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 131 hammers 386 finish 483 weight 302, 309 Beats 96 Bösendorfer xiii, 3, 5, 15, 17, 19, 20, sponge 484 Backcheck 22, 76 false 41, 132 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 40, white key tops 364 felt in verticals 340 in intervals 112 44, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 67, Bulbs, infrared, heating 460 leather (see “Buckskin”) Bechstein 12, 13, 54, 57, 254, 319, 116, 165, 169, 175, 181, 214, 319, Bumping action 3 wires in grands, replacing or not 320, 441, 461, 464 320, 353, 399, 441, 483, 484, 501 Bungee cord 415 369 grand plate cracks 254 open-face pinblock 456 Burlap, used to apply lacquer filler wires, types 371 open-face pinblock 456 Boston piano 28 482 Backchecking Becket 223, 260 Bottom panel noises 494 Burnish 145, 147, 156, 350, 473, 478 grand, regulating 174 Bedding a key frame (see “Key Bowman, Keith 109 graphite 145 importance 77 frame, bedding”) Brace, ratchet 333 Bushing regulating in verticals 196 Bees’ wax 340 Brackets, expanding (see “Action, cauls or “wedges” 348 Backchecks 62 Beethoven Pianos 37 brackets, expanding”) cloth (felt) 341, 348 aligning to hammer tails in Beethoven, Ludwig van 6, 11, 12 Brady, Stephen 221, 374, 437 Bushings grands 170 Behm, Chuck 409, 410, 411, 412, Brahms, Johannes 13, 70 damper guide rail, replacing 402 grand, height 368 413, 415, 440 Braid, stringing 341 in action parts, replacing 246 grand, inspecting 153 Bell, in Steinway grands 21 Brass in keys 58, 61 grand, rebuilding 368 Belly rail 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 49, 186, bar, for squaring keys 162 in plate 326 grand, replacing 369 434, 459, 463 bristle suede brush 156 leather 490 grand, square and align 170 lack of beam 458 chopstick voicer 210 wooden, in plate, for tuning pins installed low, ramifications 368 Bellymen felt 22, 340 decal, installing 484 54 releathering 369 Belt sander 331, 332 weights, improving sustain with Bushmaster 349 rubbing against hammer tails in Bench regulating 141 459 Butt, of the hammer in verticals 76 grands 175 Bending force 101 Breakpoint, dynamic (see Butterfly spring 67, 176, 288, 320 vertical, aligning to back stops Bentside 8, 46, 50 “Dynamic breakpoint”) Button 196 Bevel, on edge of soundboard 50 Brian Capleton 107 drop in grand shanks 77 vertical, inspecting 189 Bill Spurlock 194, 286, 393 Bridge 23 let off 68, 76 Backers, Americus 7 Billings flange 410, 415 bass 20, 36, 40 Buzzes Backscale 49 Binder clips 308 cap 37 diagnosing 489 Badura-Skoda, Paul 212 Biofelt Project 384 cap, replacing 473 effect on tuning 133 Balance holes 237 Bird cage action 11 cracks, repairing 256 checking 155 Bird, Lonnie 446 floating 39 C in keys, reaming 350 Bird’s eye 143 joints, repairing 258 loose, repairing 237 Birdcage vertical action 68 long 20, 36, 37 C.F.