<!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 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Found mine on the inside of the rim holding from the inside. Holes were striped and cushioned with felt to cut down on noise. Treated with CA before putting back together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=cy@shusterpiano.com href="mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 25, 2007 2:25 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Heintzman 186 Conservatory Grand Problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Just in case I ever run into a similar situation: where are the stretcher screws?  Are the heads accessible from inside the action cavity, going upwards, or are the heads on top, near the tuning pins?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=keynotepiano@verizon.net href="mailto:keynotepiano@verizon.net">Glenn Vallespir</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Heintzman 186 Conservatory Grand Problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Roger,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm thinking this may be the solution I may end up using if the action does not settle like I hope. I had a feeling that the stretcher wasn't going to come out, it really felt solid. I just wish that I could explain what the actual cause of the problem is. I like to address the disease, rarher than the symptom.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the information.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=437503220-25112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Glenn Vallespir</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>