[CAUT] Which side to yank the butterfly spring?

[Zeno Wood]

I've noticed that if the spring coil has side-to-side play, it can sometimes
make a ticking sound whilst the note is being played.  Opening the coil can
reduce this play.

Zeno Wood


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> 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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