Question from a rank amatuer

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 10:03 AM 5/8/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>You can always try something and see what happens...I'm not clear on the 
>spoon through the jack?   Usually there is a spoon behind the jack which 
>stops the jacks position under the knuckle...
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>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, California
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>Original message
>From: "Christopher Thomas"
>To: joegarrett at earthlink.net, "Pianotech List"
>Received: 5/8/2006 9:20:19 AM
>Subject: RE: Question from a rank amatuer
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>This is a grand, and I have been following the thread over the weekend 
>with great interest (as you could imagine). As Joe Garrett suggests, there 
>are many anomalies with this design, and the knuckle he describes is 
>exactly as it is in this piano. As you probably already know, the whippens 
>use a spoon going through the jack that I think is the drop adjustment. 
>The jack has a horizontal spring. Any suggestions on adjusting this?
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>Chris Thomas


I've pretty well purged this action from my memory, but if there is no 
obvious spring tension regulating screw, then you'll just have to 
experiment and learn how to adjust tension by bending the spring.

This is definitely a learning opportunity. By the time you get it working, 
you'll be an expert and will know more about it than most techs.




Conrad Hoffsommer

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.