The same type are on my personal Boston GP-178. I like the screws alot better. It is easy to adjust too far. I used the "massage" technique - just stroking back and forth gently with my Hart Spring Tool. Seemed to work fairly well. Still prefer a good screw to stroking. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: Steinway style rep lever springs > In a message dated 6/26/00 7:40:58 PM Central Daylight Time, MsPiano4@AOL.COM > writes: > > << Any one with tips on adjusting Steinway style rep springs. Also used on > Young > Chang. Am I the only one who finds the lack of a regulating spring so > annoying? I've got the Hart tool for spring bending and it's nice but there > has to be a more precise way of doing it. > > Thanks > Greg Murdaugh >> > > > The Hart spring bending tool is probably the best way to adjust the Steinway > style wippen springs. It's just a matter of learning how to use it. It is not > as precise as a screw adjustment, but you can fine "tune" them. > > One problem a lot of technicians seem to have is over bending the springs. No > matter now much of a bend they put on the spring, there still is no "gentle > rise' to the wippens. This is cause by two things. One is a tight wippen > flange, brought on by our old friend verdigris. The other is gunk in the slot > where the spring sits. Whenever I rebuild a Steinway action I always > "restore" the wippens, by taking each one off the rail, and cleaning out the > grove, "voicing" the wippen cushion, and making sure the flange is loose. > It's amazing how well the action responds after that treatment. > > Willem >
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