-----Original Message----- From: Don Mannino <DMannino at kawaius.com> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 9:09 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] wayward hammer return springs Good question, Alan. It'll be fun to see what ideas crop up. You didn't mention if you had serviced the piano before, so can attest to their having been in place at the last service. I have serviced this piano before and, am told that I was the last one to minister to it (and the return springs were in the altogether then). Some guesses: 1. A pencil (or similar) was clumsily dropped inside and fell between the hammers and dampers. The removal process dislodged springs. Not likely if this has the one-piece lid and front panel, of course. Ah... your eye for detail is admirable! 2. Last person who worked on the action did not put the springs into the felt punching, but accidentally left them at the side of the punchings, on the wood. Certainly possible. (Let's see now, who was that charlatan anyway?) 3. Weak springs? Maybe - but seems like they would not spring forward very far. Agreed. 4. Mouse in action - other evidence would make this apparent, methinks (see response to #3) 5. Evil spirits. YES, that MUST be it... the bane of my career in piano technology! In any case, it is obvious that this=2 0client needs to buy a new Kawai. :-) I offered to arrange with this guy I know to have the piano in question spontaneously explode, but apparently it is not insured for such things. Drat! Don Mannino Alan Eder From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of reggaepass at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 8:59 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] wayward hammer return springs List, Does anybody out there have any idea how a hammer return spring could become dislodged from it's cloth-lined groove in the hammer butt? About a dozen were poking out from between hammer shanks on a Baldwin Hamilton, and I haven't been able to offer the client an explanation as to how they became truant from doing their usual duty. Thanks, Alan Eder Live traffic, local info, maps, directions and more with the NEW MapQuest Toolbar. Get it now! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090327/67ba4d2d/attachment-0001.html>
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