<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Good point, Don.  But, I've been there and done = that as well.  You can take the friction down to less that 2 grams and = still get the same function.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Next time I have one of these available I'll take a = closer look and try to figure out what is going on.  Rarely work on a = Baldwin these days, though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=DonMannino@mediaone.net = href="mailto:DonMannino@mediaone.net">Donald Mannino</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> October 04, 2000 8:33 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Spring Conundrum - = update</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Matt,<BR><BR>I didn't notice if anyone = suggested repinning the repetition lever tighter.  This symptom in a = Baldwin action can be caused by excessively low friction.  When the hammer = center, knuckle friction, and rep lever friction are all low, they will do = this.  The best place to add the friction back in is at the repetition lever = center pin.<BR><BR>You should measure about 4 grams of friction at the rep = lever skin (at the drop screw) with the spring disengaged, wippen held = sideways.  If the friction is very low here, the rep spring regulation will be = problematic like you have described.<BR><BR>As Del said, the action will still = work, but if you get it to stop it should work better.  Set the backcheck regulation as high as you can without grabbing on hard blows, = too.<BR><BR>Don Mannino RPT<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>