<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look, I got one of those really thin = Yamaha regulating tools, and I've used it for a couple of years now. It cost my = $30 or so, but it was worth it. Of course, I do a lot of regulating of new = pianos, so it's see's a lot of use. At a convention, I saw a shorter version of the = same tool, which I got for $7 from Schaff.  It's my backup, I've used it = a couple of times, but that's the way I'd go if I were you. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@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> Sunday, July 20, 2003 = 4:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> regulating tool for = renner jacks??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi all, = <BR><BR>A couple of days ago, I had to replace a whippen in a grand piano that = has a Renner action.  I installed it and regulated it--except for the = position of the jack under the knuckle.  Try as I might, I could not get = my regulating tool between the let-off dowels.  I tried from every = position and angle, but I could not get the thing in there to turn the button. =   <BR><BR>I checked the RennerUSA website, and they sell a tool for = regulating jacks and rep lever height, but the blade does not seem small enough = to fit between the dowels.  Hard to tell from the picture, though. =  Does anyone have experience using this tool with this action?   = <BR><BR>Much thanks in advance <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>