<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE>@font-face {
font-family: Tahoma;
}
@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; }
P.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"
}
LI.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"
}
A:link {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A:visited {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.EmailStyle17 {
COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=white>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Tom,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has the pickup fingers with the =
guide rail, but
it looked the guide rail was attached to the keybed and not attached to =
the
action frame. I was afraid that if I tried to remove the guide =
rail that
the pins that go up through the guide rail bushings would slip of the
rail. The Acrosonic was built in '53. Anyone had a problem =
with that
year Acrosonic?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT<BR>Piano =
Technician/Technical
Director<BR>Department of Music<BR>145 Fine Arts Building<BR>University =
of
Tennessee at Martin<BR>Martin, TN =
38238<BR>731-881-1852</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=tomtuner@comcast.net =
href="mailto:tomtuner@comcast.net">Tom
Driscoll</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> Saturday, August 07, 2004 =
4:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Replacement hammer =
springs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma"> Joe
Garrett; pianotech<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
Re: Replacement hammer springs</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times =
New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hey =
Joe,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gee, that sounds =
good. "Just
leave it alone if you can't fix it right." Let me remind you =
that this
is an Acrosonic spinet and pulling the hammer spring rail would be a =
lengthy
and arduous task. Leave it alone--it would be nice to do it--I =
would
too, if I could, but how do I get the hammer to return to the hammer =
rest rail
without the hammer butt spring to push it back? Leave it =
alone? I
don't think so!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Joy!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Elwood</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times =
New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: =
12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times =
New Roman"
color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Elwood,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> =
Just a quick observation here---</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> =
If this is an acro with the pickup fingers and the guided rail, then =
action
removal is not arduous at all.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> =
The merits of repair --not repair aside, you can take this action out =
in about
ten minutes (check for broken bridles -- so you can get it back in! )
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Tom
Driscoll</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>