<!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 6.00.6000.16735" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    First, If I thought responding to your posts was a waste of time I would not respond.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As to the reputation issue , if any of ours depended on the potential of a failed repair we would all be in trouble.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>   </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> Your post seems to imply that you feel that  any failure will have irrepairable consequences. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Some 25  years ago a client called me back with some serious irritation about a bad noise in her grand piano that wasn't there before I serviced the piano. I felt perhaps as you might feel now that I was in trouble and made a big mistake or she was blaming me for something I didn't do . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  I discovered a loose hammer rest rail (A misnomer I know) . She asked what was causing the problem and I said  that her piano tuner forgot to tighten the thing when adjusting it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> What she remembers is that I came right over , told her I had made a mistake and corrected the mistake. A rocky start ? Could have been but not really. She is still one of my most loyal clients.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>People just want you to show up ,be fair and stand behind your work.That is what a reputation is built on.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Now to this jack thing. Matthew ,I've seen your Web site and you seem to be a sincere young man who is striving to be the best technician that you can be.  You  have always been very polite and shown nothing but respect in all your postings here. It's not a problem for any of us to send off a post with well meaning advice ,but to me the answers to your questions are often</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> right in front of you.This ain't rocket surgury.I repeat ---Trust yourself, nobody is going to die if a jack needs two tries to repair . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew I am really trying to help here. Jump in. The water can get deep sometimes. That's when I call for help  and my friends on list and off are always there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Driscoll</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"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Jack Flanges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD 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><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 10/26/08, Tom Driscoll <I><<A href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">tomtuner@verizon.net</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR> <DIV id=yiv1026061912> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Jack Flanges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=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 face=Arial size=2>Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry if this question has already been answered but I may have missed some of our friends contributions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NO. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>forget the swapping parts technique (Actually I'll admit to the parts swap myself on rare occasions )</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    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 face=Arial size=2>See it ,find a way ,fix it and move on. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    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 face=Arial size=2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom  "MacGyver" Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com <BR>Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1746 - Release Date: 10/25/2008 5:55 PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>