Action Position Adjustment

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

Terry,
Steinway calls them DAG blocks and recommends adding 
veneer/planing-off of the key-frame if adjustments must be 
made.  (Remember the una-corda/shift-pedal.)  Presumably Kawai key 
rails aren't adjustable, don't have one here on the floor to look at.

Good luck,
Andrew Anderson

At 04:06 PM 9/1/2006, you wrote:
>Older Kawai grand. The piano lacks tone in the top two octaves - 
>progressively gets worse toward C88. Cearly, C88 is hitting the 
>string at the capo - clearly the action is too far forward. However, 
>the key bed has three or four wooden stop blocks screwed to it that 
>prevent the action from being moved further back (what are those 
>blocks called?). I have not run into this before. What is the best 
>fix? Removing, plugging, and redrilling the stop blocks would be 
>difficult in the cramped quarters of the action cavity. Should I 
>just carefully plane/cut off a few millimeters from the rear rail of 
>the action frame and then position with the adjustable thingees 
>(what are they called?) in the cheek blocks?
>
>Seems to me it's one or the other. Any better suggestions? Thanks.
>
>Terry Farrell

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