Steven, By the time you read this youll probably already have your answer. My criteria for repetition lever spring tension is to have the hammer fully rise to the point of letoff without jumping. This presupposes that the pinning is good all around. It wont happen this way if its not. The rise should be slow but sure. Does this help? Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Steven Hopp Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:19 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] hammer issue Patrick and all, Thanks. Spring strength is good. I strengthened the springs before the regulation began. The rise is still good. This was not a problem before I made the last adjustements mentioned. Have I just gone too far the other way perhaps? Aftertouch feels good but repetition now is compromised or defeated? Steven _____ From: pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:44:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [pianotech] hammer issue Steven: Check the springs. You have to have sufficient spring strength to get reliable repetition. You may have to clean the spring grooves as well as strengthen the strings. Patrick C. Poulson Registered Piano Technician 530-265-1983 _____ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091008/659bf6f6/attachment.htm>
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