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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:annie@allthingspiano.com">annie@allthingspiano.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:annie@allthingspiano.com">annie@allthingspiano.com</a>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">All the jack springs I've replaced have been glued in. Often, the glue<br>pulls out with the spring.<br>
<br>Otherwise, I pull out as much of the spring as possible, put a drop of<br>water on the glue (and leftover wire, often), and go on to the next. By<br>the time I come back to it, the glue has softened, and I do a quick turn
<br>about the hole with a flat screwdriver blade to get out the wire and glue<br>(and go on to the next). By the time I've finished 'em all and come back<br>again, it's dried out enough to put in a drop of fresh glue and a new
<br>spring.<br><br>Maybe I'm just too accustomed to working on less-than-pristine PSOs....<br><g> But I've never seen a felt punching under a jack spring!<br><br>>> I don't know about most "people" however, much to my dismay, it has been
<br>>> the practice of many manufacturer's for over 100 years. You will find a<br>>> jack<br>>> spring hole reamer for removal of that glue for sale on page 50 of the<br>>> new<br>>> Schaff catalog.
<br><br>Dang, this quote manages to insult the intelligence of both women AND the<br>elderly, all in one fell swoop. The Albert sure was an efficient guy. Or<br>maybe it's all relative.......... (Or maybe he was only insulting his own
<br>relatives.)<br><br>> You never truly understand something until you can explain it to your<br>> grandmother. --Albert Einstein<br><br>Annie Grieshop</blockquote>
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<div> </div>Hi Annie,<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Here's another for you from ol' Albert, maybe it's not as insulting?<br></blockquote></div>
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<div class="plainText">Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein</div><br>Mike<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>You never truly understand something until you can explain it to your grandmother. --Albert Einstein<br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com
</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a>