Ed, At 08:03 AM 4/10/2006, you wrote: >Pianotek RBN-U5G >Schaff 3784 > >Clicks in spinet actions are often caused by the old grommets which >have become hard, so you will have a use for the other 98 before long. >I would also suggest, before trying to pull spinet actions with >rubber grommets, that you tweak a few with needle nose pliers. If >they have gone hard, they will break when you push the grommets off >the key forks. Sounds like money to me! :-D I've done more than one of those jobs. Also those "wonderful" elbows! Made a lot of money for a lot of techs! Avery > > >Ed Sutton > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotune05 at comcast.net >Sent: Apr 10, 2006 8:45 AM >To: ed440 at mindspring.com, Pianotech List >Subject: Re: [Files] A very useful vertical mute > >Hi Ed, >Would you happen to know the catelog numbers for these >grommets? This idea sounds interesting. Thanks Ed >Marshall > >-------------- Original message -------------- >From: ed440 at mindspring.com > > > The mute discussion caused me to remember an idea I had some months > > ago while driving from a miserable spinet repair and tuning. This > > afternoon I overcame my inertia and made some samples, and they work > > great. > > > > The rubber grommets for spinet key end forks have a groove around the > > perimeter, and are just the right size to fit between adjacent unison > > groups at the V-bar of a vertical piano. > > > > Add a wire handle, and you have a miracle mute! > > > > Snap it in at the V-bar, press the damper pedal and slide it down > > below the damper tops, and flip the handle forward onto the hammer > > rest rail. You have a mute that is solidly attached to the strings, > > and its handle is completely out of the way of the hammers, even on > > the tightest spinet treble. > > > > I hope the attached photos get through the filter. > > > > Ed Sutton > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060410/847b5672/attachment.html
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