Jon, At 13:10 01/18/2001 -0500, you wrote: >At 08:47 AM 01/18/2001 -0600, you wrote: >> The Yamaha tool works on all Baldwin models. Slip the >>head of the tool in between the capstans at the top,(lots of space between >>the wires) then slid it down between the dowel. It is harder doing it from >>the bottom, since the let off button felt often over hangs the capstan dowel. >>Regards Roger > >The man'f'r should taper these dowels at the top. Sort of like running >them in a >pencil sharpener before installing. That would make sufficient room for >maneuvering. >Jon Page, Yeah... like right now I'm doing regulation on an R with hammers so small [I just filed them for the last time - I'll be replacing them in the summer] that the dowels are up real close to the rail. (i.e. not even enough room for the Yamaha tool.) Getting the jack reg tool in there up between the dowels is like flossing. This is a prime candidate for rail removal. Which brings up another fun part about these dowels. They are now up so high that the screw is not only visible, but sometimes blocks the point of the let-off reg. tool from going through. This situation can lead to messed up holes and even split dowels. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) Education is the best defense against the media.
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