<!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><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have to tune some pianos in the = practice studios of a college for a piano competition next week, and I encountered a = problem with a Baldwin Hamilton studio console upright today. During the tuning I accidentally dropped a wedge mute into the action, and it rested on the = hammer butts. When I tried to retrieve it I accidentally dislodged the = hammer but spring which is a straight whisker-like spring that comes down = vertically from a rail and presses on a felt pad on the hammer butt. It ended up sticking = out at an angle. I tried to put it back on the felt pad of the hammer butt with = my fingers, and then displaced an adjacent spring. There was no room to maneuver.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please could someone advise me = what the best and easiest way would be to put the hammer butt springs back in place? I = assume there is no tool I could use to grasp the springs and put them back in place? Will I have to take the action out of the piano to gain = access to the springs?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a learning about piano tuning and = repair. This is the first problem I have encountered, so it should be good practice = and experience for me.  I am concerned though that this is unfamiliar territory. I have to fix the piano and complete the tuning tomorrow so = that it will be ready for the contestants. I have taken a grand piano action out = before without any problems, but not a vertical one, so I am = concerned whether something else more serious might become dislodged. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found this Baldwion Hamilton piano = difficult to work with because there was very little space to put a rubber wedge mute = or felt temperament strip mute. That is why the rubber mute dropped into the = action. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advice anyone can give me = will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert = Finley</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>