Spring Conundrum

Ron Nossaman RNossaman@KSCABLE.com
Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:11:17 -0500


>I'm regulating an action from a Baldwin grand and have run into a rather odd 
>situation with the rep. spring.  If I set the hop to a nice positive lift, 
>the hammer shank will fall when I trip the jack with my finger.  If I set the 
>spring to support the shank after tripping the jack, the hop has a serious 
>kick.  This condition is throughout the action.

The rep lever height changes with the spring tension, because the height
adjustment stop compresses differently with different spring tensions. Set
the spring tension where you like the hop first, then set the rep lever
height, and you're on your way.

Ron N


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