<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C5AC6F.3E9F6CF0"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> As a couple of responders have = pointed out you need to secure the guide rail to the stickers. One suggested using 3 = damper heads, another said use 3 rubber mutes w/ = wires removed. I use the plastic zip ties, one on each end and one in the = middle. They are cheap enough and I always carry a bunch (I use them for lots of things). Cut them off when you are done. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> For reinstalling the wires into the = guide rail it is easiest to put the action in a cradle rotate it upside down. = This way gravity is your friend by helping the stickers stay in the holes as = you work your way down. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p></fon= t> <st1:PersonName>Dean May</st1:PersonName>       &nbs= p;     cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.co= m   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p> Terre Haute = IN  = 47802<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of nancy downs Sent: Sunday, August 28, = 2005 10:59 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: help with = reinstalling pickup fingers on Baldwin acrosnic <o:p> </o:p> <div> Help!  Newbie who is about to go crazy.  Some of you told me to "dive in" and get working = on Baldwin Acrosonic with some fire damage so I have.........Things were = going pretty well and I was feeling pretty confident there for a while.  = Took the action out and worked on shaping the hammers and doing some adjustments but when I went to put it back in, the pickup fingers = would not go over the capstan screws.  I have tried numerous times to = reattach them and keep it intact while trying to adjust the rail so that the = fingers end up where they belong.  My last attempt resulted in all of the = fingers detaching from the rail so I am back at square one which is where I was = about three days ago.  I have held the keys down at their front and tried = to move and shift the rail as it suggests in the Baldwin reinstallation guide.  Have I missed a step somewhere?  Could it be possible = is wrong or not placed properly that would prohibit pr! oper placement of = the rail and the fingers? I'm wondering if I have down something wrong with = the pedals - Actually I know that I'm not doing something right, because I = can't figure out where the shorter of the two dowels attach.    = Anyone have any ideas what I can do to get this thing working again before I = make firewood out of it?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Thanks much,  = nancy<o:p></o:p> </div> ______________________________________________= ____ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>