<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>÷çeƒe+ƒT+_ôq Humm always wondered how those spsm messages that I get were generated <O:((</FONT></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></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=tunerdude@comcast.net href="mailto:tunerdude@comcast.net">Robin Blankenship</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 03, 2006 4:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Slow Hammer Return</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That might well be ture, James, but I seriously doubt that olive oil is going to replace good old WD-40 as the lubricant of choice....................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>robin</FONT></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=jimfrazee@msn.com href="mailto:jimfrazee@msn.com">James H Frazee</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Slow Hammer Return</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>there may be hammer return springs broken.  They come off when we  pull dropped mutes out of the action.  When that happens, most of us put them back in the slot most of the time....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have a super-long pair of tweezers (about 9") just for this purpose (originally bought to get olives out of jar without pouring juice in my, uh, beverage of choice.)  It's amazing how many pianos have this problem when first encountered.</DIV></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>