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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plastic doesn't have grain. =
Whoopy
doo!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer Ptg assoc<BR>Santa Clara,
Ca.</FONT> </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 09, =
2004 5:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Unglued grand jack =
tender</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The jack tender is in two pieces so =
the grain
orientation is correct for strength. Imagine if key sticks were cut =
out across
the grain; they would soon snap in two or even three
pieces.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=741662027@theshusters.org
href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 09, =
2004 10:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Unglued grand jack
tender</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ran into my first loose jack tender today, on a =
1969
S&S M. The note blocked on my first run-through, and =
adjusting
letoff didn't help. Sure enough, the tender pulled right out =
of its
little mortise and tenon joint (along with two others in the high =
treble
that weren't blocking yet). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I CA'd them (protecting the action center with =
pieces of
business cards, as per the PTG's Field Guide), but it made me =
wonder: why
are those jacks made in two pieces to begin with? Is it just =
so they
can fail in a repairable way if regulation is off (too much
aftertouch)?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV>
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