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Hi Robin,
<P>Something that has worked for me on occasion is to bend the spring a
little so that it doesn't have the play in it that makes it 'rattle'.
Sometimes a little squeeze with a pair of needle nose pliers around the
coil, or a well placed kink will take care of it. It usually doesn't
take much. No need to kill it, just tweek it!
<P>Good luck,
<P>Brian Trout
<BR>Quarryville, Pa.
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<P>Robin Blankenship wrote:
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Has
anyone run into clicking noises produced by the movement of the whippen
spring about its mounting post on Boston grands? If so, do you have any
suggestions, short of total replacement, for quieting them? The noise does
NOT derive from the insertion point of the spring in the jack. Any advice
would be much appreciated.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Robin
Blankenship</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>near Richmond,
VA</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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