[CAUT] Which side to yank the butterfly spring?

[Dan Reed]

Ed,

Great observation...

Many thanks.

Dan

Dallas
On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:

> I'm reconditioning a set of wippens, and have them off the stack. As I 
> was cleaning gunk out of the rep lever groove and cleaning the spring 
> tip, I looked under the lever, at the allignment of the spring coil, 
> and it occured to me that when the spring is snapped out of the groove 
> and over to the bass side of the lever, the coil can open easily when 
> you yank on the tip of the spring to make it stronger. Snap it out to 
> the treble side and it jams against the underside of the rep lever 
> when you pull. 
>  
> It seems to me this would be a good policy - snap the spring out to 
> the bass side when adjusting spring tension.
>  
> I don't recall reading or being taught to do it this way. Have I 
> missed something, or am I imagining that something insignificant 
> really matters?
>  
> Ed Sutton
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