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<DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2004 5:01:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,
fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV>
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=2>--On
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:45 PM -0400 Erwinspiano@aol.com
wrote:</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> HI Fred</DIV>
<DIV> Thanks for the on topic response. I appreciate your points=
& I think your words re-enforce again a strong case for=
this type of jigs availability. These are some points I hadn't thought=
about. It would be such an arsenal for action geometry & weight control.=
Really. I was shocked at how easy this was.</DIV>
<DIV> Regards</DIV>
<DIV> Dale</DIV>
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size=2><BR><BR>> How many of us would be interested in a =
jig
like this? Let me know.<BR>> What would it be worth to purchase a prema=
de
jig from Spurlock or Farrel<BR>> or anyone willing to make it.? Just
curious Cheers<BR>> Dale Erwin<BR><BR>Hi
Dale,<BR> I'd be very interested. There are a lot of cases ou=
t
there where knuckle <BR>replacement would be a good thing, if the job were=
fairly easy and <BR>predictable, and it sounds like the jig does that. I'm=
thinking<BR>1) All those replaced Steinway actions where the poor tech was=
well-meaning <BR>and was reproducing the original geometry - how many
thousands of those are <BR>out there? I confess to contributing a couple o=
r
three myself. A shame to <BR>throw away all that work and all those parts =
to
get it right, when a simple <BR>morning's work could get it just as
right.<BR>2) Lots of knuckles out there that are impregnated thoroughly wi=
th
graphite <BR>grease, shanks otherwise not too bad.<BR>3) Hard knuckles. A =
lot
of those coming out of China at the moment, <BR>especially troublesome whe=
n in
connection with player units (customer buys <BR>piano to provide nice
background music for parties. Hammers pretty hard, <BR>music too loud.
Customer adjusts player to pianissimo. Return noise turns <BR>out to be lo=
uder
than music. I've come across a couple cases of this in <BR>recent days -
return noise is exacerbated by the fact that the solenoids <BR>retract fas=
ter
than a pianist's fingers).<BR> So availability of such a jig
would be a real boon to the industry, IMO. <BR>As it stands now, I shy awa=
y
from such jobs because they are so <BR>unpredictable. Sometimes the old
knuckles come out real slick and easy, and <BR>the new ones fit right into=
the
old groove. Sometimes. With this jig, you'd <BR>have complete
control.<BR>Regards,<BR>Fred Sturm<BR>University of New
Mexico<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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