<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Avery,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The counterbearing bar is fixed, not = mobile.  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=avery1@houston.rr.com = href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, 2006 = 4:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: v-bar/capo repair: = Seiler pictures 1</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Don't leave us hanging. It's fixed "how"? :-) = <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 03:56 PM 3/2/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Arial, = Helvetica" size=2>It's fixed.  Thanks for the suggestions.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Barbara<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">David = Love</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech = List'</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:16 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> RE: v-bar/capo repair: Seiler pictures 1<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" color=#000080 size=2>Is = the counterbearing bar fixed or mobile?  It is kind of = interesting that the place you’re having the noise problems seems to coincide = with the duplex area lengthening, and quite rapidly.  It looks like = you have enough room to insert a brass half round segment in front of the = existing counterbearing bar on the first note in the capo section and see = what happens.  It appears that it would be adequately held in = place by the string pressure.  Harmless and easy to remove if it doesn’t = work.  Choose a piece that is thick enough to duplicate the = height of the counterbearing bar farther up the treble section where you are = not having problems. <BR></FONT><BR> <DD><BR><BR>  <DD><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" color=#000080 size=2>I = wouldn’t worry about the bridge.  It’s hard to tell from the photo just = what the shape of the capo is exactly.  <BR></FONT><BR> <DD><BR><BR>  <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" color=#000080 = size=2>David Love</FONT><BR> <DD>davidlovepianos@comcast.net <BR></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>