<!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 content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>My e mail provider was kaput for the past two days, = and I sent this post via my alternate address.  I don't know if it made it or not.  Please forgive the repetition if you have seen = this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Ray T. Bentley, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Alton, IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>alternate:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A = href="mailto:bntune2@home.com">bntune2@home.com</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bntune2@home.com" title=bntune2@home.com>Ray T. = Bentley</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 21, 2000 11:23 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Grand Knuckles</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Just a quick tip that might save someone a lot of = grief.  I recently was called to repair a Baldwin M that had a sluggish, = sometimes sticking key.  The previous tuner had made three trips back and was = unable to solve the problem.  I discovered that the knuckle was catching = on the neighboring one.  Someone had tried to get a little more life out = of the knuckles by putting some string inside the knuckle under the flattened area.  It hadn't been trimmed completely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I also am finishing a new hammer, shank, and flange replacement on another Baldwin and found a few rubbing knuckles that had = to be repaired on this one, too. A piece of folded fine sandpaper passed = between them took care of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>FWIW.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Ray T. Bentley, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Alton, IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:Ray@Bentley.net">Ray@Bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></= HTML>