<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Elwood,   Just remove a few of the dampers and slip them over a few of the pins. That will prevent the guide rail from slipping off.  Use a few bungee cords to hold the stickers forward. Now the action will come out just like a direct blow.   Jerry Cohen NJ Chapter     -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Elwood Doss, Jr. Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 8:10 PM To: Pianotech List; Tom Driscoll Subject: Re: Replacement hammer springs   <div> Hey Tom, </div> <div> It has the pickup fingers with the guide rail, but it looked the guide rail was attached to the keybed and not attached to the action frame.  I was afraid that if I tried to remove the guide rail that the pins that go up through the guide rail bushings would slip of the rail.  The Acrosonic was built in '53.  Anyone had a problem with that year Acrosonic? </div> <div> Joy! </div> <div> Elwood </div> <div>   </div> <div> Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN  38238 731-881-1852 </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:tomtuner@comcast.net" title="tomtuner@comcast.net">Tom Driscoll</a> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</a> </div> <div> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 4:53 PM </div> <div> Subject: RE: Replacement hammer springs </div> <div>   </div>     To: Joe Garrett; pianotech Subject: Re: Replacement hammer springs   <div> Hey Joe, </div> <div> Gee, that sounds good.  "Just leave it alone if you can't fix it right."  Let me remind you that this is an Acrosonic spinet and pulling the hammer spring rail would be a lengthy and arduous task.  Leave it alone--it would be nice to do it--I would too, if I could, but how do I get the hammer to return to the hammer rest rail without the hammer butt spring to push it back?  Leave it alone?  I don't think so! </div> <div> Joy! </div> <div> Elwood </div> <div>   </div> <div> Elwood,             Just a quick observation here---             If this is an acro with the pickup fingers and the guided rail, then action removal is not arduous at all.             The merits of repair --not repair aside, you can take this action out in about ten minutes (check for broken bridles -- so you can get it back in! ) Tom Driscoll </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>