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<div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Michael, Michael, Michael ..... tsk, tsk ... have you learned nothing in this business? Here is a hard and fast rule, to be ignored only at peril of your sanity:<br/><br/>The fix for any and all "Winter & (probably illegitimate) Sons" spinet piano(?) problems is a half gallon of kerosene and a common kitchen match.<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Michael Kurta"
<mkurta@roadrunner.com> </mkurta@roadrunner.com><br/>To: Pianotech
<pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 1/30/2008 8:20:56 PM<br/>Subject: Puzzler<br/><br/>
<div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> Back in October I posed a question about a Winter spinet in which the bass hammers blocked, the bass dampers would not lift away from the strings and the whole action seemed closer to the strings at the bass end. </font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> Today I finally went back to the piano (the owner had health issues and could not do it any sooner) and found the problem. Thanks to your good suggestions, I found the side of the cabinet on the bass end had come loose from the back. As a result the keybed shifted from its proper position moving the action closer to the strings. Lots of glue, clamps and screws will fix it. </font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> Thanks folks for your input, it steered me in the right direction. Three cheers for this list !</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> Mike Kurta, RPT</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> Syracuse chapter</font></div>
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