Election Day Puzzla

[Tom Cole]

Richard Moody wrote:
> 
> Sometimes there is a broken jack spring.  You can't see it right away.  It
> collapses down and still looks like a spiral spring.   With the hammer
> pushed forward you should be be able to trip the jack with your finger and
> hear it rebound on the butt felt.  If this is feeble, as compared to
> neighboring jacks, look closely at the jack spring or suspect the jack pin
> is tight.
 
Ric,
	The problem isn't that the jack has trouble returning but that it
doesn't want to go through let-off. It's as if there were a chuck hole
in the butt leather and you have to push hard to get beyond it.
	As I told Jim, for now it will have to remain a mystery ('cause I ain't
goin' back 'til next tuning). Maybe we'll never know who won the
election either. 

Tom Cole