<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I only tried half heartedly, with vice grips and a screwdriver so far. It didn't budge.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>As I said it is used infrequently, so I haven't bothered, as no one complained. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is a beat up unit, in a Legion. I tune it every year for free, just before </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Remembrance/Veterans day. They never wanted to have anything done to it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I will see if I can get something along the lines of a battery cable remover, from the post thing. Something that has a thread and lifts. I thought that there might be a special tool. But then again, most of us have all the tools, even the useless ones. LOL</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Once again, thanks to all.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have to tell you something stupid I did. I wasn't looking when I sent these messages, and I sent them to <A href="mailto:ptg@ptg.org">ptg@ptg.org</A>, and I wasn't getting any answers, as the messages weren't showing up. I thought I had been blacklisted. LOL</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=ilvey@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>John,<BR><BR>Have you tried grabbing on with a pliers and using a dowel under it for leverage and seeing if it moves up a bit?   <BR><BR>David I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: John Ross <JRPIANO@WIN.EASTLINK.CA><BR>To: pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:05:46 -0300<BR>Subject: How to adjust let-off with no adjustable capstan?<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca"></A> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi List,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>As a further to the image I sent, and the query. The piano is a Braumuller, made in New York.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The capstans, are like nails, unable to be adjusted, I can't find any way to adjust them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Any ideas??</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>