<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16711" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Zeno-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You may have discovered the solution to a much-discussed mystery click!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=zeno.wood@gmail.com href="mailto:zeno.wood@gmail.com">Zeno Wood</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:17 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Which side to yank the butterfly spring?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>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.<BR><BR>Zeno Wood<BR><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Ed Sutton <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems to me this would be a good policy - snap the spring out to the bass side when adjusting spring tension. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT color=#888888> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>