Damper puzzle

[Jon Page]

Bottom board moving with pedal play or corrosion on
springs riding in felt punching.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 10:01 AM 3/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
>A thirty year old J&C Fischer console exhibits asymmetrical damper
>lift(even but tilted)
>accompanied by a creepy groan when the pedal is depressed.  The problem
>was not a broken rod hanger and the groan had nothing to do with the
>trap work.  The rod underfelt was fine and the levers were okay.
>
>What did I find?
>
>Warren
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>Warren D. Fisher
>fish@communique.net
>Registered Piano Technician
>Piano Technicians Guild
>New Orleans Chapter 701
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