<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Wim</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Consider a way out, I used it in = several occasions warning the customer that is not a full repair but just a temporary = adjustment, and he might consider a full repair later on, If lost motion is not = excessive, you can slightly bend the wire a bit and that will compensate for = the loss motion, always bend towards you, where I used this trick, pianos worked = fine for a long time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elian Degen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</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> Tuesday, June 11, 2002 = 7:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tight = Grommets</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 6/12/02 1:00:45 AM !!!First Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:mjbkspal@execpc.com">mjbkspal@execpc.com</A> writes: = <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">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. <BR><BR>Any idea, no matter how wild, = would be welcome. <BR><BR>thanks, <BR><BR>Mike Spalding, RPT <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Mike <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>