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<DIV>"Retensioning" an action spring is fine to do - that is how we adjust the
tension. However, it should be done properly. The straight, or gently curved,
portion of the spring should not be bent to adjust tension. Adjustment should be
done at the spring fulcrum (what's the word for the part of the spring that has
the loops and where most of the spring effect is located?) - the loops should be
tightened or loosened.</DIV>
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<DIV>It isn't clear to me what you mean by "messaged" - perhaps you did it the
proper way...... :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV> I am a newbie with a
whopping 37 months in business. I have replaced damper felts and never worried
about the tension in the damper springs. The ringing subsided in the old
uprights that I have done, however, the ringing could have been
less. I am doing a damper job right now for a lady and this time,
I "massaged" the damper springs alittle to renew the tension, </DIV>
<DIV> Friday I am going to her place
to put the action in and glue the dampers on the newly sanded
blocks. I will see then the fruits (or not) of just bending those springs
<EM>very </EM>sliiightly. I did it when I had the levers off and out
while cleaning/sanding off the old felt in my shop.</DIV>
<DIV> Actually, I asked the
list here, that same question, about messaging the old springs, and I
guess no one caught the question, because I got no response, so I figured I
would just go ahead and re-tension them slightly, Here's why: I was
told at tuning school that you can slightly bend the spring rail (hammer)
springs to re-juvinate the tension in uprights and also I was told you can do
it to the repittiion springs in a grand. They basically work the by
same principle as damper springs so I figured why not with the damper
springs. We shall see, Friday.</DIV>
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<DIV> So, I really cant give a definite
answer on re-tentioning. I am guessing. I also know there is a way to measure
the tension, but I dont know what gage to use or how to use it. This is on my
list of things to check out.</DIV>
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<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>