Friends, I'll be eager to read the responses on this one. I've run into this problem twice. The first time I called the piano manufacturer for a replacement part. What they sent didn't match the original, so the dampers at one end of the action lifted sooner than the other. Back then, I was too timid to bend the liftrod hanger, afraid that I might make a bad situation worse by breaking it, too. The second time was for a young woman who was a farmer (oh, yes, that's what she was!). Farmers are used to fixing almost anything, and she wanted to try to fix it herself. It was one time I didn't fuss, since she said she had had the action out of the piano before. I was just glad I didn't need to mess with it, and yes, she did get it fixed somehow; I haven't had the action out since. Clyde Hollinger harvey wrote: > Another university unit, another Kohler & Campbell, except this is a new > one, and the only thing Kohler & Campbell about it is the name on the > fallboard. > > The questions are: > 1. Is this a Samick? If not, it sure missed a good chance. > > 2. Does Samick return phone calls? > > 3. One of the stamped metal damper rod hanger BRACKETS is broken in half. > It's a very clean break, complete with a nice 45-degree angle at the shear > point. If #2 question doesn't work out, does this bracket sound like a > candidate for silver soldering? If not, what are my options? What do I use > to align the pieces while joining? > > Obviously, a replacement part, or six (since it's going to happen again), > would be faster and superior, but failing that, I need to put this piano > back into service quickly. > > Thanks > > Jim Harvey, RPT > Greenwood, SC > harvey@greenwood.net > ________________________ > -- someone who's been in the field too long.
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