<div>Thanks!</div> <div> </div> <div>And with the elbows, based on everyone's experience, what would be the best (wooden, plastic, or vagias snap-on)?</div> <div> </div> <div>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Matthew,<BR><BR>It wouldn't be unusual for the drop wires to be bent and/or binding <BR>where they hook on the keys, acting like a spring preventing the return <BR>of the key. Try disconnecting one from its key, and see if the <BR>wippen-butt-hammer assembly returns freely without the constraint of the <BR>key-dropwire joint.<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR>Matthew Todd wrote:<BR>> I returned from the spinet evaluation. The elbows will need to be <BR>> replaced. And with the keys that do work, when you release your <BR>> finger from the key, the hammer only goes about half way back and you <BR>> have to move it with your hand to return it. I am suspecting the <BR>> hammer return springs need replacing. It didn't "feel" like tight <BR>> flanges, and the hammer springs are where they're suppose to be, but I <BR>> guess they just are wore out.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Thoughts?<BR>> Matthew<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>