Esteemed list, > You might try removing the coil spring from above the damper lifter >tray. Sometimes that spring and the trapwork spring together are a >little overkill. Also there should be nice soft pieces of flat damper >felt on the top of each of the dag blocks, that helps to quiet the tray >returning. >> >> I recently was called to tune a 10 year old Steinway "L". Although the >> piano is in excellent shape otherwise, it does have a very loud "thump" at >> the end of the pedal release. While we're talking about damper/underlever lift trays... I service a 1957 S&S B which, while fine when releasing, clunks when _pressed_ hard. The customer hasn't complained... yet..., but I bothers me. The problem is that the bass lift tray pivot pin has apparently made an oval hole in the hinge block. I did check the mounting screws, and they _are_ tight. Not wanting to completely do a damper regulation (I know, L-a-zed-y!), am I inviting disaster if I just move the tray to the right [with dampers lifted] far enough to remove the block? As I recall, it is simply an unbushed hole and may respond to sizing. Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204 Luther College Music Dept Fax - (319) 387-1076 700 College Drive Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu Oh wad some power the giftie gie us; to see oursel's as others see us! It wad some monie a blunder free us, and foolish notion. - Robert Burns
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