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<DIV>Al,</DIV>
<DIV>I suspect the key word is "over aggresive".<G> Let's face it, most of our work entails finesse and so should the repair thang! Sheesh! </DIV>
<DIV>I am fully aware of "the tool that Steinaha makes. The main problem is the engineering AND the fact that that sort of thing should have been taken care of AT the darned factory. So, evidently, Steinaha has the tool but they don't use the damned thing! Either that or it doesn't do the job right, hence WE have to fix em! Getit? ?Gooood!</DIV>
<DIV>That's my take on it.<G></DIV>
<DIV>Joe</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com href="mailto:alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com">Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12/29/2011 9:09:16 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] adjusting grand shift spring</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>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.
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<DIV>On Dec 29, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>