[CAUT] string level

Cy Shuster cy at shusterpiano.com
Wed Apr 29 09:12:55 PDT 2009


Norman Cantrell showed our chapter a neat trick for damper work.  Pull  
the action, then wedge the damper tray up to remove its free motion,  
i.e. just before the dampers begin to rise.  Then if you have to pull  
some of them to work on them, when you drop them back down, you should  
be back in alignment.

--Cy--

Cy Shuster, RPT
ABQ, NM
www.shusterpiano.com

On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel) wrote:

> I've taken to simply removing the dampers from that section while  
> doing this work. It only takes about 3 minutes to take them out and  
> then you have complete access right on the strike-point for string- 
> leveling plus the added bonus of being able to do a great job of  
> spacing and mating the hammers to the strings, setting let-off, etc.  
> It usually takes no more than 10-15 minutes to put the dampers back.  
> In that critical section of the instrument doing this seems like a  
> very good investment of time given the benefits of being able to see  
> what you are doing.
>
> Eric

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