<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19298"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>     I weakened a S and S return spring on a newish model B with a very sophisticated tool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>  Placing the spring on a piece of scrap wood on the clients garage floor I whacked it flatter with a big ass hammer. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>   Two whacks ---  eight years ago and all is still well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> Tom Driscoll</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:55 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] return spring</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think I saw a tool that can reduce the tension of an action return spring. I don't remember what it looks like, but it bends the steel. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wonder if anyone has ever tried to stand on the spring to do the same thing?  Either stand on each end of the spring, or turn it around and stand in the middle. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hey, I weigh 240 pounds. Isn't that enough to bend the spring?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>