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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My thoughts exactly, David.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>br</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<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> Friday, July 07, 2006 1:55 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: repetition spring slot</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><snip> but do you/customer really want to remove the felt
and deal with glue residue and whatever? I'd see if the piano
works reasonably well as it is...i.e.no friction problems...
<snip><BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica,
California<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: "Barbara Richmond" <PIANO57@INSIGHTBB.COM><BR>To:
Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 7/6/2006 8:00:46 PM<BR>Subject:
repetition spring slot<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Howdy all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK, I'll admit it, I've lived a protected life
and have hardly ever worked on old grands. I have a friend--I can't
believe she did this-- who bought a tiny, old (1908) refinished and
re-whatevered Kimball grand. She got it and THEN she called me.
Ahem. Well, the finish job is quite good, the stringing job a
little less than mediocre and the dampers are a mess, but work better than the
action. Yikes. The one redeeming thing is whoever did the work, used some
Abel prehung hammers--so I believe I can count on those being
right.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While looking things over, I noticed that
there was felt in the repetition spring slot. Just wondering if any
company ever actually used felt in that slot or some-buddy was trying to
solve a noise or gunk problem. I suppose it's a case of the
latter, since the felt didn't seem quite at a dirty and petrified as
the other action felts/cloth. I meant to weigh off a sampling of
notes to check for friction, but I was running low on time and got
distracted.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria,
IL</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>