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<div>Hi Julia,</div>
<div>I recommend reading the PACE upright regulation manual available
from the Home Office. The technique described works well, although you
have to practice bending spoons in the piano. It's not that tough
after you work on it for a little while. As far as tools, I would
suggest the APSCO #16406 spoon bender - it's available from
Schaff.</div>
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<div>Respectfully,</div>
<div>Jon</div>
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size="-1">Greetings,<br>
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Does anyone
have trouble with the spoon bending tool to be flimsy?<br>
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I am finding
that when I reach back there in the action to bend the spoon with the
thing, I feel something giving way and bending, only to remove the
tool and see that IT ( the tool) bent!!!!!<br>
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Also, does anyone have suggestions on how to get all the bends equal.
In 2003 I went to the eastern PTG convention in Pittsburgh, and a gal,
(I think it was Karen Cleveland) gave a damper class where she had
this really cool trick of using a cable/construction tie to hold the
damper rod back while adjusting either the spoons or the wires.<br>
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I
walked in late in the classroom and didnt fully get the whole thing.
Is anyone familiar with this method and can breifly explain it?<br>
<br>
Julia<br>
Reading, PA</font></blockquote>
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<div>Jon Ralinovsky<br>
Piano Technician<br>
Department of Music<br>
Miami University<br>
513/529-6548</div>
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