<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add...Grain of leather running wrong way</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>        = Leather split and catching jack</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net = href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 28, 2003 = 12:04 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Don't Know = Jacks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You forgot one,,,,,,,,  Hammer = checking too far back..</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=draine@attbi.com href="mailto:draine@attbi.com">J = Patrick Draine</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=doepkeb@comcast.net href="mailto:doepkeb@comcast.net">doepkeb@comcast.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 27, = 2003 6:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Don't Know = Jacks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Well, Off the top of my head:<BR>(1) Tight jack = flange pinning.<BR>(2) Tight wippen flange pinning.<BR>(3) No (or = insufficient) lost motion (ie capstan cranked too high).<BR>(4) Lousy (fuzzy) = buckskin substitute necessitating extra lost motion.<BR>(5) Weak or broken = jack spring.<BR>(6) Glue joint between jack flange & wippen broken = & jack wanders side <BR>to side & up & down.<BR>(7) Jack flange pin = loose & has wandered out, with pin rubbing against <BR>neighboring = jack flanges.<BR><BR>Well, that's a start isn't it?<BR><BR>Patrick Draine<BR>  On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 08:30  AM, = Brian Doepke wrote:<BR><BR>> What are the top 5 reasons why a jack = won't return under the hammer <BR>> butt<BR>> in an upright = action?<BR>><BR>> =still a novice=<BR>><BR>> Brian Doepke<BR>> <A = href="mailto:doepkeb@comcast.net">doepkeb@comcast.net</A><BR>><BR>&g= t; _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR>><BR><BR>__________________________= _____________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>