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<DIV>I'm sure someone's thought of this before, so forgive me if my idea is
unoriginal!</DIV>
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<DIV>For those of you who use Bill Spurlock's grand letoff jig, this should
sound familiar. Every upright has a built in let-off jig: the ha=
mmer
rail. Today I was playing with a Hallet-Davis (Pearl River version) th=
at's
about 3 years old. It needed let-off regulation in a bad way, so I
experimented with the hammer rest rail. On this particular piano, I co=
uld
push it far enough forward so the hammers were close to the strings,
even ON the strings. Some pianos won't allow for that much moveme=
nt,
but this one did. </DIV>
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<DIV>I set a some samples for letoff, then pushed the rail forward to the po=
int
where those hammers would wink when I depressed the key. I blocke=
d
the rail so it stayed there, then adjusted the let-off to
make the hammers wink. Worked like a charm. </DIV>
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<DIV>Pianos that won't allow for such free motion of the hammer rail may req=
uire
something to clamp onto the rail for the shanks to rest on--the Spurlock jig=
comes immediately to mind.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps someone in some small way!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"=
>Dave
Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A
href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><=
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