<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Dave,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A 3/4 X 3/4 X 12 inch stick placed between the rest rail cloth and = the hammer shanks works nicely for taking up the "additional" space when the = hammer rail won't move any further towards the strings.  We use one that = we call the "click-stick" as you not only have a wink to judge, it also gives a = little click when the hammer shank winks.  Just move it along as you = work.  It's never too long to fit any section.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Debbie L.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 12, = 2006 11:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Upright let-off = jig</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>I'm sure someone's thought of this before, so forgive me if my = idea is unoriginal!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For those of you who use Bill Spurlock's grand letoff jig, this = should sound familiar.  Every upright has a built in let-off jig:  = the hammer rail.  Today I was playing with a Hallet-Davis (Pearl = River version) that's about 3 years old.  It needed let-off regulation = in a bad way, so I experimented with the hammer rest rail.  On this = particular piano, I could push it far enough forward so the hammers were close to = the strings, even ON the strings.  Some pianos won't allow for = that much movement, but this one did.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I set a some samples for letoff, then pushed the rail forward to = the point where those hammers would wink when I depressed the = key.  I blocked the rail so it stayed there, then adjusted the let-off to = make the hammers wink.  Worked like a charm.  = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Pianos that won't allow for such free motion of the hammer rail = may require something to clamp onto the rail for the shanks to rest = on--the Spurlock jig comes immediately to mind.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hope this helps someone in some small way!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A = href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FON= T></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>