<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">What do I have to lose?  Just my reputation, that's all, lol.<br><br>I respectfully request those who feel it a waste of time to respond to my posts, please refrain.  Very simple.  Thank you in advance :-).<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br><div><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><u>TODD PIANO WORKS</u></font></strong> <br><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</font> <br><font size="3">(979) 248-9578</font></font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com">http://www.toddpianoworks.com</a></font></div><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 10/26/08, Matthew Todd <i><toddpianoworks@att.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks@att.net><br>Subject: Re: Jack Flanges<br>To: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@verizon.net><br>Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 12:43 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1544034334"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">What do I have to lose?  Just my reputation, that's all, lol.<br><br>I respectfully request those who feel it a waste of time to respond to my posts, please refrain.  Very simple.<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br><div><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><u>TODD PIANO WORKS</u></font></strong> <br><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</font> <br><font size="3">(979) 248-9578</font></font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com">http://www.toddpianoworks.com</a></font></div><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 10/26/08, Tom Driscoll <i><tomtuner@verizon.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@verizon.net><br>Subject: Re: Jack Flanges<br>To: toddpianoworks@att.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org><br>Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3:30 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1026061912"> <style></style> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="toddpianoworks@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:55 AM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Jack Flanges</div> <div><br></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">Yeah, I thought about the damper spoons after I sent the e-mail. Would A0 and A#0 work?<br></td></tr></tbody></table> <div> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Matthew,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Sorry if this question has already been answered but I may have missed some of our friends contributions.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">NO. </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">The spoons are angled in the opposite direction to engage the bass damper levers and won't line up with the levers in the tenor-treble.You will have to bend -regulate  them to work and  bend them back when you send them back home so</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">forget the swapping parts technique (Actually I'll admit to the parts swap myself on rare occasions )</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">    I'll respectfully suggest that the same effort that you put into your questions when applied to some creative thinking  will lead to a better understanding of the piano mechanism and logical solutions to these vexing little problems.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">See it ,find a way ,fix it and move on. </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">    I'm not bashing you here my Bro ---- trust yourself and take a few chances. After all what do you have to lose? If a repair fails, try something else. That's where the fun lies.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Best wishes,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Tom  "MacGyver" Driscoll</font></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>