<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>          I retentioned the by slightly bending the curved part of the spring in it's middle, now I see that was the wrong place to do it, however the tension did increase and the dampers glued in and positioned nicely. The piano now has musch improved damper quality.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>JUlia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV>  In a message dated 7/27/2006 7:19:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It isn't clear to me what you mean by "messaged" - perhaps you did it the proper way...... :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>