This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thank you for the idea. Another idea that might work is these new flexible magnetic strips that = one can find in most hardware stores. They=92re about an eighth of an inch = thick. Just stick them to the strings at the hammer-strike points. Then, = regulate the let-off so that the hammers just press lightly on the magnetic = strip. I=92ve found that this works even in the bass section. These magnetic = strips can be cut to whatever length you like. J R W =20 _____ =20 From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Piannaman@aol.com Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:26 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Upright let-off jig =20 I'm sure someone's thought of this before, so forgive me if my idea is unoriginal! =20 For those of you who use Bill Spurlock's grand letoff jig, this should = sound familiar. Every upright has a built in let-off jig: the hammer rail. Today I was playing with a Hallet-Davis (Pearl River version) that's = about 3 years old. It needed let-off regulation in a bad way, so I experimented with the hammer rest rail. On this particular piano, I could push it = far enough forward so the hammers were close to the strings, even ON the strings. Some pianos won't allow for that much movement, but this one = did. =20 I set a some samples for letoff, then pushed the rail forward to the = point where those hammers would wink when I depressed the key. I blocked the = rail so it stayed there, then adjusted the let-off to make the hammers wink. Worked like a charm. =20 =20 Pianos that won't allow for such free motion of the hammer rail may = require something to clamp onto the rail for the shanks to rest on--the Spurlock = jig comes immediately to mind. =20 Hope this helps someone in some small way! =20 Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 http://dstahlpiano.net/ <http://www.dstahlpiano.net/>=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/62/1a/80/71/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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