<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dear list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">    Some time ago I = sent an email about a retrofitted action in a Gulbransen console.  Many = thanks to Newton Hunt for his correct diagnosis that the new spoons were too tall = thus causing the hammers to move towards the strings when the damper pedal is = depressed.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">    I need to shorten = the spoons about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch.  I assume that the best way to = go about this is to remove them, trim the bottoms and reinstall the = spoon.  What is the best way to remove the spoons.  Is there an easy way to = pull them.  I'm want to avoid centerpin damage.  Does anyone have experience with this?  Thanks in advance.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ron = Shiflet</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>