This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Wim, >From your story I would suggest that the wires are either hitting a spot = where before the felt made a notch in the wire. This could be also due = in part to a build up of crud on the wires. Ever notice the little = bright spot on the plane wire strings where the dampers have rested? That is the kind of thing I am thinking of. I have found that a little Goose Juice helps with this problem. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:02 PM Subject: speaking of damper problems I am, as we speak, working on a 30 year old B with some damper = problems. There are about a dozen notes that just won't damping cleanly, = and the rest that could use improving. I rebushed the guide rail and = replaced all the damper felts over Christmas, and that is when the = problems started. C2 in particular just doesn't want to shut off and F#1 = has high overtones coming out when the key is released. I remedied the = problem several months ago by gluing a small nut to the lever, with the = intention of looking at this thing in detail over the summer. Well, it's = summer time, and I am working on it.=20 I took the damper tray out of the piano, and cleaned all the groves, = and bent the springs slightly. It's got Teflon bushing, so there is no = restrictions there. Everything works and looks perfect. Since there = seems to be a general problem throughout the piano, I was thinking of = adding a little weight to each lever. I realize that would increase = touch weight, but if it was done uniformly, I though it might not be as = noticeable.=20 Before I put the tray back in, are there any ideas, thoughts, = suggestions that might help solve this problem.=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/aa/f1/84/42/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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