[pianotech] regulation tool : too wide

[Thomas Cole]

Another approach to this adjustment is bending the spoon rather than 
trying to poke something in between the dowels. I haven't done it but 
it's on my list to fashion a spoon bender out of brass rod.

Tom Cole

pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> I sympathize with the frustration about the lack of space between 
> letoff dowels. However, I am wondering if reducing the diameter of the 
> dowel would lead to cracking after a number of years of use. This is 
> an occasional problem on uprights, and it seems that thinning the 
> dowel would only make the problem more likely.
> Patrick C. Poulson
> Registered Piano Technician
> Piano Technicians Guild