Hart spring tool

[Roger Jolly]

Yep. I just love my Yamaha spring tool. I gave my Hart tool away.
Roger



At 10:14 PM 25/02/00 -0800, you wrote:
>List,
>Today I did my first two piano recording studio gig. Quite an
>experience. Working around sound techs, noisy fans and people moving
>stuff around was quite a challenge. The pianos were a Yamaha GH2 and a
>Yamaha C7. But I am digressing. What I really wanted to say was that I
>went over the repetition springs on the C7, as I felt they were a little
>uneven. In the process I found out that the Hart spring tool, while
>wonderful for most pianos, did not position the spring back in the
>groove correctly. I actually pulled off a whipen and experimented with
>placement of the tool for optimum usage. Unfortunately, I could not get
>a correct placement of the spring no matter how I tried. The spring slot
>is really a little small, and the round tip of the tool, which double as
>a spacer, simply could not place the spring in the middle of the slot. 
>
>I almost put the action back in the piano with many springs hung up on
>the lip of the groove. Ooooo, what a bummer that would have been come
>recording time Saturday AM. Good thing I practiced the Yamaha trick of
>looking sideways through the whipens to check for mistakes like that.
>Thanks LaRoy and Little Red Schoolhouse (Yamaha).
>
>Anyone else finding a problem using the tool on Yamahas or other pianos?
>
>Joseph Alkana  RPT
> 
Roger Jolly
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