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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, All! I have been dealing with a S&S B
that I found with up to 9 leads in some of the low tenor keys. All the
parts had been replaced with Renner to get rid of the Teflon flanges, but it was
heavy, sluggish, and just a chore to play for long. I am not all that
familiar with the Stanwood protocols, but as time goes on, the concept gets more
and more attractive. What I found, was that I had to shorten the dip,
lengthen the blow, to get it less laborious to play. So, what I suspect ,
is that the capstan placement is incorrect for the parts used, or was incorrect
from the start? They also had the damper timing late to try to make it
feel lighter, so late that the hammer almost hit the strings before it
lifted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Ric, your comments on the more
creative combinations of blow, dip, etc hit a chord with me on this
beast.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> There were too many leads in
from the factory, and you could tell be looking that some more were added with
the new parts, as they did not look factory at all, so the problems just
got worse, evidently with the parts replacement.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ricb@pianostemmer.no href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">RicB</A>
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<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> Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> popsicle stick engineering</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Kent, others.<BR><BR>I'm glad you put this up Jon. I
remember 6 years ago when you brought this idea to my attention off list. I
still have all that exchange. Good stuff. The idea of thinking about the
whippen needing a <<required travel distance>> struck home a note
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