<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "Richard Brekne" <<A href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no"><FONT color=#000000>Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</FONT></A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT color=#000000>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: June 07, 2003 2:10 AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Re: Hammer assist spring ?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>> Hey !!<BR>> <BR>> This puppy is actually quite cute !... = that spring has a nice combination<BR>> affect of pulling the jack back = into place as well. It tensions the jack<BR>> and the shank in opposite = directions so to some degree it would work<BR>> together with that springed jack check = to improve repetition. Tho it looks<BR>> like the key would need to have = enough back weight to fall back quickly<BR>> enough.<BR>> <BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>And then there is this:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times = New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; = mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><IMG height=306 src="cid:003801c32d09$4a1e4840$1ce2b1d8@Mainddf" = width=444 v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"></SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>