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<font size=3>Graduate the hammer Strike Weight and the key Front Weight
to spec curves<br>
supplied by David. Key Ratio alteration may also be needed (moving
capstans).<br>
<br>
Pre-tension the assist springs to just support the wippen while
installing.<br>
<br>
Then by adjusting the assist spring tensioning screw, to produce the
desired<br>
Balance Weight, it takes about 45 minutes for the keyboard.<br>
<br>
<br>
I also remove the dog-leg from the butterfly spring with a pair of wire
bending<br>
pliers made from lineman pliers. In one operation it introduces a nice
curve to<br>
the wire which rides the Teflon nut and places the contact point more
towards<br>
the front of the wip giving a longer spring arm.<br>
<br>
Jon Page<br>
<br>
At 07:05 PM 09/18/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Care
to share with the class Jon?</font><font size=3><br>
<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Mark</font><font face="arial" size=3><br>
</font>David Stanwood has a much better approach to releading with assist
springs<br>
with the benefit of being inertially more balanced.<br>
I've been applying his technique for eight years and the method
explained<br>
<font size=3>below seems much more complicated.</font><br>
<font size=3>Jon Page</font></blockquote><br>
<div>Jon Page, piano technician</div>
<div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div>
<div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div>
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