<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Rogerio,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If the spring has been distorted, so = that you can't regulate by the screw.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have had to remove the spring, = manipulate the coil, and repin the spring in place.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I had to sort of unwind the spring, at = the short end, so that the screw was then able to do the = adjustment.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I was unable to effect the coil = adjustment on the long arm of the spring.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=rogerio.cunha@terra.com.br href="mailto:rogerio.cunha@terra.com.br">Rogério Cunha</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech Mensagem</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 29, 2004 = 11:05 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Springs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>To the list</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now I am living in Fortaleza and all the pianos here were worked = by a "shoemaker" and not a piano technician. The problem is serious!</DIV> <DIV>I am just restoring a grand Bechstein with action = Schwander. It is all out of order and now I need to solve the problem of the = string of the wipen.</DIV> <DIV>The "shoemaker" tightened all the screws in order to try have = repetition! The pressure of the spring is so hard that if you play a note = with a soft blow, the hammer don't go back to be cached by the backchek = !!! If your blow is a medium one, the backcheck catches the hammer but = immediately the hammer goes up even the key is pressed.</DIV> <DIV>I need to know the better and more practical way do correct the = pressure of all the springs.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rogerio Cunha</DIV> <DIV>ICMember of the Piano Technicians Guild</DIV> <DIV>Fortaleza - CE - Brasil</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>