<HTML>In a message dated 6/12/02 1:00:45 AM !!!First Boot!!!, mjbkspal@execpc.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Tuned an old spinet the other day, which also needed lost motion regulation.  But the grommets would not turn on the wire.  As I twisted harder, the grommet began to crack and tear.  I stopped before I broke any (first do no harm).  Yes, I have a set of replacement grommets, in the big box in the van right next to the clip-on elbows.  But 4 hours labor just to get rid of a little lost motion seems like a big investment to a spinet-owner.  Question is, do I have to replace these grommets, or is there some way to lubricate them and break them loose from the wire so they can be adjusted without self-destructing?  I should also mention that the stamped steel forks in the key ends have a fair amount of rust, and the grommets are probably well bonded to the forks as well as the wires.  I squirted a little Protek on a couple of them, but it didn't appear to help. Any idea, no matter how wild, would be welcome. thanks, Mike Spalding, RPT </BLOCKQUOTE> Mike The mice got to another one. The rust, and the hard grommets, are a result of mice traveling back and forth on the back of the keys. I don't know any method that will remove the urine, and restore life to the rubber grommets. Besides not being able to regulate lost motion, soon the grommets will get so hard that they will begin the clack. And then they will get so brittle they'll break, just with the motion of the keys being played. It will take about 4 hours. But the expense is still cheaper than a new piano. One of the added expense of a "cheap" spinet. Wim </HTML>