<!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 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> June 07, 2003 8:38 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hammer assist = spring ?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>So your brother and Chris dabbeled with this idea as = well eh ?? Very neat indeed.  How did it work ? <P>RicB <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>For as simple as it = was, fairly well. I didn't like the sliding jack let-off arrangement. Nor did I = like the fact that the spring had to be detached to remove the hammershank. But = it did work. With a bit of refinement I thought it would make a nice action = for an electronic keyboard.</FONT> <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT> <P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>