Spring Conundrum

Thomas D. Seay, III t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:07:24 -0500


>I'd like to pull on your coats about something...
>
>I'm regulating an action from a Baldwin grand and have run into a rather odd
>situation with the rep. spring.  If I set the hop to a nice positive lift,
>the hammer shank will fall when I trip the jack with my finger.  If I set the
>spring to support the shank after tripping the jack, the hop has a serious
>kick.  This condition is throughout the action.
>
>Any ideas?...

Check the pinning of the repetition lever. Sounds like it might be 
too loose. Try re-pinning a sample lever a bit tighter and see if 
this solves your problem.

Let us know how it comes out.

Tom


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


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