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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Joe,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gee, that sounds good. "Just =
leave it alone
if you can't fix it right." Let me remind you that this is an =
Acrosonic
spinet and pulling the hammer spring rail would be a lengthy and arduous =
task. Leave it alone--it would be nice to do it--I would too, if I =
could,
but how do I get the hammer to return to the hammer rest rail without =
the hammer
butt spring to push it back? Leave it alone? I don't think
so!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT<BR>Piano Technician/Technical =
Director<BR>Department
of Music<BR>145 Fine Arts Building<BR>University of Tennessee at
Martin<BR>Martin, TN 38238<BR>731-881-1852</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe
Garrett</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> Friday, August 06, 2004 =
9:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Replacement hammer =
springs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron asked: "<FONT face="Times New =
Roman" size=3>I
agree, but... Is there such a thing as an emergency hammer spring
<BR>replacement?"<BR><BR>Ron N</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3></FONT><BR>Not that I've found in 32 years! =
<G>Precisely my
point. The advice I would give is: Either fix it right, get someone =
else, who
knows how to do it right, OR.....leave it alone!<G></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>