<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Joe - Joe,  That wasn't Ryan's question. He asked about the tool he saw at Steinway. If you're going to pull the spring, it's best to adjust it using a vice. And if you get to aggressive it will break as did Ryan's.<div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Dec 29, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ryan & Al  said: "Ryan, you described the best design. It's just that<br>simple. Don't leave to much overhang, so you can get close to where it's<br>screwed to the case."<br><br>Al & Ryan,<br>The easiest way is take the spring out. Walk outside and place spring on<br>sidewalk. Stomp on that puppie! Pick it up and return to piano. Install<br>spring. Done.<G> (Of course, if the spring is not strong enough...that's<br>whole 'nuther story. I do have some new ones in my shop tho.<G>)<br>Joe <br><br><br>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>Captain of the Tool Police<br>Squares R I<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>