leaky bass dampers on a Knabe console

[Jon Page]

At 08:09 AM 08/28/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Richard,
>         It's tough to out-guess this kind of problem from a distance, but 
> there
>are a couple of things that make it simple.
>         With your goal and the customers' the same, (no leaky dampers), 
> and your
>obvious willingness to spend "mucho" hours, cut your losses and keep the
>customer happy:
>
>Replace the dampers (if they really follow) for the price, at retail, of
>the new felts. Your investment will be little compared to what you've
>already done. Your mark-up will help soften the blow to your pocketbook,
>and the service will likely help the customer decide to have more
>maintenence and repair in the future. Better piano, more satifaction. Win-win.
>
>Guy Nichols, RPT

Install them for the cost of the dampers? As if it were the tuner's fault 
for the damper problem?

Tighten the keybed screws to see if anything shifted in the lift. 
Strengthening the springs may
be all that is needed.

Jon Page

It could be too that they are listening closer to it since it is tuned 
and/or played.

>At 01:01 AM 8/28/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >. I have spen mucho hours on this problem and am convinced
> >that ther is a causual relationship between the installation of those
> >cups(perhaps the neighbor lifted up on the front of the keybed causing a
> >shifting of the case in some way which caused these dampers to
> >malfunction?  I am reluctant to replace  the dampers  until I get some
> >input from someone who may have had a similiara experience. Can anyone
> >help me with this? Thanks
> >
> >Richard Winchell, Assoc.
> >Dennis, MA
> >
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Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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