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<div>Thanks, Jurgen. I have an offset screwdriver, but turns out I don't need it because I can get to both screws with my long action screwdriver through spaces between shanks and flanges.</div>
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<div>Good info about spring bending.</div>
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<div>Thanks again,</div>
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From: pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 8:48 AM<br>
Subject: Bluthner action regulation/specs<br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_2_699b36b6-97e1-47f7-a6a2-912966474e04>Dave: <br>
a good tool to adjust Bluthner (and most other) rocker capstans is the offset screwdriver made precisely for that purpose. (Please note that this is not a photo of a Bluthner action) <br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_6_699b36b6-97e1-47f7-a6a2-912966474e04>For more info on this tool, see: <br>
<A href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com/offsetinfo.html" target=_blank>http://www.pianofortesupply.com/offsetinfo.html</A> <br>
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As for the jack spring, it can be adjusted without a tool, using your fingers. It is important not to change the 90 degree bend in the wire. Make adjustments by only bending this spring fore and aft at its base. <br>
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Jurgen Goering <br>
Piano Forte Supply <br>
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<A href="mailto:info%40pianofortesupply.com">info@pianofortesupply.com</A> <br>
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Dave Stahl wrote: <br>
<snip> Does anyone familiar with these have specific tools they use for bending the springs or other functions, or a specific method for bending/massaging/cajoling/tweaking them? <br>
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