ringing dampers

[Jon Page]

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At 10:23 PM 01/25/2000 -0500, you wrote:
><< From:    harlip58@yahoo.com (Cameron Jacobi)
> I recently tuned a very poor quality Hyundai grand
> piano.  I have been servicing this particular
> instrument for about five years now, and find that it
> develops new inexplicable symptoms all the time - the
> most recent is that the bass dampers, while
> technically, fine(they are not worn out or out of
> position) simply don't dampen the sound well, after
> the notes are played.  When I press down on them with
> my hand, the sound stops more effectively.  What can
> be done about lousy dampers, in a generally lousy, but
> fairly new instrument?
> ___________________ >>
>
>The problem is that there is not enough weight on the damper lever to pull 
>the damper down on the string. If you take out one of the levers, see if 
>there is room to add another lead weight. Chances are there is not, so there 
>is really nothing that can be done to solve this problem. It is an 
>engineering problem. But don't expect the company to help you. One possible 
>solution, (one that I heard about on the list), is to add a fishing weight 
>(the kind you clamp to a fishing wire to help the lure sink), to the damper 
>wire. This will give the damper lever/wire enough weight to help the felts
do 
>their job. 
>
>Willem Blees
> 

Quick fix. Looks bad. Next tuner/tech will expound on your defences.

Add assist springs. Calibrate to the guideline in the Renner USA 
Underlever Replacement Kit.

Accept no substitutes,

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