<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <SCRIPT src="http://127.0.0.1:37935/xpopup.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Thanks, Dale.  I already bought the Tokiwa set, and have used them with good results on a few other projects.  But I guess I will need to get a set of those damper squeezing pliers.  I think one of my area tech friends has a set I can  borrow for this gig.</DIV> <DIV>    Now, what about the backchecks on the L?  Screw, or press?</DIV> <DIV>Clark</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</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> Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin L- and Concert Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>    Hi Clark</DIV> <DIV>The Tokiwa sets are the weapon of choice.  They are beautiful & fit almost anything except maybe tri-chord bass strings on compressed Chickering Quarter grands & such where the tips of the tri-chord felts need to be super thin.  In this case a good pair of parallel jaw damper squeezing pliers will usually work.  I like to warm the jaws slightly first to iron the felt & compress itess it easily</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT size=2>  I know Schaff sent me some strips to use on another grand that had tri-chord bass strings, something thinner, but Pianotek says that the Tokiwa works fine.  Some input, please.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's new at <A title=http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170 href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target=_blank>AOL.com</A> and <A title=http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169 href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target=_blank>Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <SCRIPT type=text/javascript>_popupControl();</SCRIPT> </BODY></HTML>