brass rail

[MEL]

OOA 17:14 -060004/24/01 Joe & Penny Goss wrote:
>It looks as though one needs to remove the hammer spring rail and 
>take out the dampers and hammers in a section then the dampers will 
>be able to move forward enough to  get a screw driver on the screw.

A screwdriver with appx. 1/8" blade and 6 to 8" shank will allow you 
to loosen the screw without removing anything else. The small brass 
plate to witch the spring is attached also retains the damper lever 
center pin in place.  As I recall, about 2 - 3 turns of the screw 
will allow the center pin to clear the clamp and you can remove the 
damper lever. Now it's easy to replace the damper spring. Start the 
little screw, 1.5 to 2 turns is enough. The clamp should be loose 
enough to allow the damper lever center pin to be inserted into the 
grove then re-tighten the screw.

I just got some of these damper springs from APSCO so they are available.

Does anyone have extra, know a source for, some Kimball damper levers 
to go with my new springs? I need 6 of them.

CWO4 Melvin A. Pulsifer USCG (Ret)
pulsifer@drtel.net

Mel's Piano Service
P.O. Box 391
LaMoure, ND 58458