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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Any evidence of mouse damage?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A
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<A title=pianolover88@hotmail.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:19
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] The case of the
missing bridle straps!</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I decided to take the spinet action out (that's always fun!) for
a closer inspection, and attempt to strengthen the hammer springs. Many were
already broken, some were already missing, and the rest were at the breaking
point, hence no spring tension for adequate hammer return! <BR><BR>Oh well,
another fun hammer spring rail job! <BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Terry "UniGeezer"
Peterson<BR>"Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" <BR><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="http://unigeezer.com/" target=_blank>www.unigeezer.com</A><BR><BR><BR>
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From: pianolover88@hotmail.com<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Date: Sun, 11 Mar
2012 17:55:51 -0700<BR>Subject: [pianotech] The case of the missing bridle
straps!<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Got a client with a 70's schafer & sons spinet. Looks like
new having had little use, but many hammers won't return, and at first I
thought the pinning was too tight, and/or just sluggish from non use and
excess humidity, but then I noticed that there are NO bridle wires/straps at
all. I've seen a few spinets without them before, but not very often. Any
advice on getting the hammers to return, short of retro-fitting a whole new
set of bridle wires and straps? I thought maybe strengthening the hammer
springs and appling protek to all the centers might help as well. What's
funny is that the whips have the little holes where they would go, but they
were never installed at the factory. <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Terry "UniGeezer"
Peterson<BR>"Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" <BR><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="http://unigeezer.com/"
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