Upright Damper Blocks

[Newton Hunt]

One way to truely mess up is not to set your samples for conform exactly to
the original setup.  There is very little room for deviation in the area of
pedal timeing.

If these are new levers and flanges with new springs you will need to adjust
the tension of the springs, which will change the timing.

Timing is everything.  You will need to adjust it several times so leave
yourself more than three times the time to get it settled in.

Put some duct tape on the strings at the bottom of the dampers in the bass.
This helps in getting a nice straight line when gluing on the felts.

Make yourself a stick about 18" long with the block of wood glued on the
bottom about half way long the length to act as a pivot.  Secure a metal L
bracket so it extends to the right and will hook under the damper lift rod
tongue.  Make sure the felts on the hangers are in good condition
(critical).  You will be using the lever to raise the damper levers for
doing timing.  Using the damper pedal is too "acquard".

Have FUN!!!

        Newton
        nhunt@jagat.com