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<DIV>Hi Dave,</DIV>
<DIV>In a pinch, when I have forgoten my stick, I use my =
centerpin
storage case from Schaff. The brass tabs make a nice little click.</DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net =
href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David
Ilvedson</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> Tuesday, January 17, 2006 =
8:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Upright let-off =
jig</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<P>Dave,</P>
<P>I took a class from Bill years ago demonstrating that very
procedure...it works!</P>
<P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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Original message<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Received: =
1/12/2006
3:26:15 PM<BR>Subject: Upright let-off jig<BR><BR><FONT =
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<DIV align=left>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 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" =
PTSIZE="10">Dave
Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A
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