<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This morning I finished up the = regulation of a 38 year old Baldwin L.  While attempting to regulate the damper upstop = rail, I found that it wouldn't move.  I thought perhaps it was stuck with varnish.  But no, a bright light revealed that some previous tuner = must tired of regulating it, and actually had driven 5 small nails into = it to hold it into place!  Fortunately he didn't hammer the headless = nails all the way in, and I was able to get them out with little visegrips.  FWIW.  I hope no one else runs into similar stupidity, but thought = someone might profit from knowing this experience.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net">www.ray.bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The difficult, I do right away.  = The impossible takes a little longer!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>