Be sure you have the flat, thin, L-shaped spoon bender! If you happen to have the dampers lifting early, you can hold the damper head carefully lift up the wippen, which will bend the spoon back a bit. This isn't fine regulation but might get you out of a jam... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/2/01 at 6:50 AM Clyde Hollinger wrote: >Yep, that's me. I've never regulated spoons yet by myself (blush), >although when I had a Baldwin spinet that badly needed the job I asked >another tech to work on it with me, so that's all the practical >experience I have. > >But there is a Wurlitzer spinet I'll be doing in a couple weeks. I'm >allowing extra time and plan to do some reading on the subject in the >meantime. Anyone want to give me tips or advice on the subject? > >Regards, >Clyde Hollinger > >"Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: > >> ... I think that before you go to the trouble of regulating damper >> springs, you had better regulate the spoons first. I've seen >> situations where the touch was VERY uneven, until the spoons were >> regulated. Trouble is, everybody seems to hate doing that so much that >> it's usually the last thing that they try.
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