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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">I think Pianotech also has these
and the 1/16" strips.<br>
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John Formsma<br>
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J. R. White wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: blue;">Thank
you for
the idea.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: blue;">Another
idea
that might work is these new flexible magnetic strips that one can find
in most
hardware stores. They’re about an eighth of an inch thick. Just stick
them to
the strings at the hammer-strike points. Then, regulate the let-off so
that
the hammers just press lightly on the magnetic strip.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: blue;">I’ve
found that
this works even in the bass section. These magnetic strips can be cut
to
whatever length you like.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: blue;">J
R W<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, <st1:date
year="2006" day="12" month="1" ls="trans" w:st="on">January 12, 2006</st1:date>
<st1:time minute="26" hour="20" w:st="on">8:26 PM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Upright
let-off jig</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I'm sure
someone's thought of this
before, so forgive me if my idea is unoriginal!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">For those
of you who use Bill Spurlock's
grand letoff jig, this should sound familiar. Every upright has a
built
in let-off jig: the hammer rail. Today I was playing with a
Hallet-Davis (Pearl River version) that's about 3 years old. It needed
let-off regulation in a bad way, so I experimented with the hammer rest
rail. On this particular piano, I could push it far enough forward so
the
hammers were close to the strings, even ON the strings. Some pianos
won't allow for that much movement, but this one did. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I set a
some samples for letoff, then
pushed the rail forward to the point where those hammers would wink
when I
depressed the key. I blocked the rail so it stayed there,
then adjusted the let-off to make the hammers wink. Worked
like a charm. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Pianos that
won't allow for such free
motion of the hammer rail may require something to clamp onto the rail
for the
shanks to rest on--the Spurlock jig comes immediately to mind.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Hope this
helps someone in some small
way!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10"
color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Dave
Stahl<br>
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Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
650-224-3560<u><br>
<a href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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