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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Stand up, hold the action by the =
front rail at
arms length, (leave the upstop rail on). Squat slightly which will flex =
the
knees. Watch the hammers swing. It's a very quick diagnostic =
check of
the pinning. Useless to do any touch weight tests when I was doing deep =
knee
bends to get them to swing once. On the other hand, if they swing out =
and come
back so hard as to cause a reflex action (knee jerk), they're just as =
bad the
other way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>I was hoping to be back with the =
action so I
could give you the year and someone might know the piano structurally. =
Of course
I don't expect to see much crown when I pull a string on the thing later =
today.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=draine@comcast.net href="mailto:draine@comcast.net">J =
Patrick
Draine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 09, 2004 =
8:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Nine foot =
something</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Mar 9, 2004, at 11:23 AM, Keith Roberts =
wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Georgia><?smaller>Repin the shanks, =
they
are tight, 3/4 of a swing with the knee flex test. =
<BR><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Eh? I'm not familiar with =
that
term. What, you tap it with a small rubber hammer? Elucidation
please?<BR><BR>Patrick Draine<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>