Renner back action question

[Thomas D. Seay, III]

> Tom asks:
> > How do you set the proper spring tension, as recommended
> >in the manual? More specifically, at what point in the upward travel
> >of the underlever do you regulate the tension?
>
>Greetings,
>     While not the factory suggested procedure, I have had success with
>turning the rack upside down, and regulating the springs so that they have
>just enough power to suspend the underlevers approx. 1/8" from the rack.
>This provides a little more spring on the heavier weighted underlevers.  If a
> spring is obviously too strong, it is a simple matter of pulling the
>underlever down to bend the spring, which will ease the tension, but be
>careful, it is easy to overdo this.
>   For eveness, I bump the rack up and  down so that I can see any
>underlevers that fall more than others.  I get a very even spring load this
>way, and everything has functioned well, (7 installations, so far, I think.)
>Regards,
>Ed Foote

Ed,

Thanks for the reply. That sounds like a pretty good way to do it. 
I'll give it a try.

Tom

Tom Seay
School of Music
The University of Texas at Austin
mailto:t.seay@mail.utexas.edu