<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <DIV>We were studying vertical regulation last Tuesday at the Charlotte Gui= ld meeting.</DIV> <DIV>The solution we liked best was an 18" strip of extruded aluminum&= nbsp;"L" bar sitting over the top of the rest rail, and two muting wedges&n= bsp;stacked in opposite alignment between the rail and the bracket sup= port.</DIV> <DIV>The aluminum gives a nice loud click, and makes a straight reference.<= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton  </DIV> <DIV>Charlotte PTG<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Joe And = Penny Goss <IMATUNR@SRVINET.COM><BR>Sent: Jan 13, 2006 10:41 AM <BR>To: dea= nmay@pianorebuilders.com, An open list for piano technicians <PIANOTECH@PTG= .ORG><BR>Subject: Re: Upright let-off jig <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML xmlns="h= ttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office= :word" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMET= A content="text/html; 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COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Soun= ds like a great plan for a newer piano without a lot of wear. What I have f= ound, though, when working on older pianos what haven’t been regulated fo= rever is that there are dimples worn in the <SPAN class=SpellE>letoff</SP= AN> buttons. On such pianos I will only turn the <SPAN class=SpellE>letof= f</SPAN> screws in 180 degree <SPAN class=GramE>increments,</SPAN> prefer= ably 360 degree increments unless I know I can be back for follow up adjust= ments. If you stop some place in between then the heel of the jack is rubbi= ng on a high spot and you’ll end up with hammers blocking when you come b= ack the next year. <?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>= </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style= ="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SP= AN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style= ="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By limiting adjustmen= ts to 180 degree turns it is difficult to set the hammers to just wink unif= ormly off a set up as Dave describes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style= ="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SP= AN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoAutoSig><B><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=navy size= =6><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-F= AMILY: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes">D= ean<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3>= <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">Dean May<SP= AN style="mso-spacerun: yes">       &n= bsp;     </SPAN>cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FO= NT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3>= <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">PianoRebuil= ders.com<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </SPAN>812.235.5272<= o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3>= <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">Terre Haute= IN<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>47802<o:p></o:p></SPAN><= /FONT></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style= ="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SP= AN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size= =2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Mes= sage-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> pianotec= h-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT= -WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Piannaman@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN style= ="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:26 PM= <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pianotech@ptg.org<B= R><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Upright let-off = jig</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New R= oman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FO= NT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial">I'm sure someone's thought of this before, so forgive me if my ide= a is unoriginal!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial">For those of you who use Bill Spurlock's grand letoff jig, this sh= ould sound familiar.  Every upright has a built in let-off jig:  = the hammer rail.  Today I was playing with a Hallet-Davis (Pearl River= version) that's about 3 years old.  It needed let-off regulation in a= bad way, so I experimented with the hammer rest rail.  On this partic= ular piano, I could push it far enough forward so the hammers were close to= the strings, even ON the strings.  Some pianos won't allow for t= hat much movement, but this one did.  <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></D= IV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial">I set a some samples for letoff, then pushed the rail forward to t= he point where those hammers would wink when I depressed the key.&nbsp= ; I blocked the rail so it stayed there, then adjusted the let-off to = make the hammers wink.  Worked like a charm.  <o:p></o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial">Pianos that won't allow for such free motion of the hammer rail ma= y require something to clamp onto the rail for the shanks to rest on--the S= purlock jig comes immediately to mind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial">Hope this helps someone in some small way!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT= ></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color= =black size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><SPAN style="FONT-SI= ZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Pi= ano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">h= ttp://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BL= OCKQUOTE></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></DIV></BODY>