At 12:15 11/16/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings, > > Is there any other way to adjust/calibrate spoons? I have a > Reinhard & Co. studio upright ca. 1900+ and the spoon bending tool will > not fit. > > I can get the tool slid between the wippens okay, but when I > go to turn the tool sideways in order to get the neck of the spoon in the > tool head, I cannot. If I would turn the tool by force the wippen flange > to the adjacent note would crack. it is so tight in there, no room. Can > this job be done outside the piano? > > What to do? Any suggestions would be helpful. > >Julia Gottchall, >Reading, PA Measure hammer blow. Move the hammer rail forward until the hammers are halfway to the strings. Wedge the hammer rail in place. Tie wedge/rail/action bracket together. Actuate damper pedal rod until the dampers just start to move. If you can get a wedge in there that will help. Tie damper rod in place. Remove action and put in a cradle/stand. Lift a wippen up until the jack touches the hammerbutt. Since the hammers are held at the point where the dampers should start lifting and the dampers are held where they are when they are contacting the strings, you can adjust the spoons to just move the dampers when the jack hits the butt. Try a sample or three, adjust wedges as necessary to get the lift you need. This indirect method isn't as accurate as doing it in the piano, but if you can't reach the spoons, you can't reach the spoons. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 -The only substitute for bad manners is good reflexes.
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