Hi Wim, That "gentle rise" to which you speak is one that's hard to put into any kind of context in the printed word. Something that helped me to get an idea of how tight to 'wind' them (besides working beside another technician) was a video that Steinway put out. It was mostly just a promotional thing that showed just a few items happening in their factory. But one of the things it did show was a 2 second clip of someone in their C&A Dept. that was going through the regulation of the repetition springs. It was more than just a gentle rise. Those little fellas jumped right on up outta check. They didn't bounce a whole lot, that would be too much. But they weren't slow and not terribly gentle. Honestly, I haven't found that having the repetition springs set a little on the tight side has really hurt the 'bobbling hammer syndrome' nearly as much as mis-shaped tails or other elements of the regulation being considerably off. FWIW... just my two cents. (I know it was another thread, but I was truly sorry to hear about the vandalism of the S&S 'D'. I can only imagine the way your heart must have sunk when you saw that. Sounds like it's all gonna work out for the good, though... if they can bring some appropriate consequences to those teenagers who obviously needed something to do, it'll be even better. If only they could be made to actually fix what they messed up, perhaps they might learn more than one lesson... hmmm... but that's another story.) Take care, Brian T. ===== Brian Trout Grand Restorations 3090 Gause Blvd., #202 Slidell, LA 70461 985-649-2700 GrandRestorations@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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