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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Ed, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I remember learning this at both Steinway and
Yamaha. Then one day Wally Brooks told me, when I was complaining (again) that
sometimes I couldn't get enough tension on old springs that way, that left
side was correct until it doesn't work then if you try the right side you you
might just get that extra needed. And that works sometimes too. I think
it is probably more important to have correct pinning of the balancier and
fly flanges and no kink in the spring except the ones in the fly hole and the
curl in the grub.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</A>
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<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> Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Which side to yank the
butterfly spring?</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>