Here's a weird one

[Warren Fisher]

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Wim,

We get a lot of these down here.  I can't believe you haven't had that
one before. I guess it's our lovely humidity.  You'll have a lot of
traveling to do when your put that turkey back together.  Hope you bid
enough. :-)
Warren

Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:

> A blind tuner called me to help him repair, what he thought, was a
> broken damper lifter rod bracket. (just what we've been talking
> about). When I inspected the action, however, it wasn't the damper
> lifter rod that was the problem. The symptoms were almost the same, in
> that when you push on the pedal, the dampers wouldn't move. Since he
> couldn't see, he assumed it was the lifter rod.
>
> This is a Pratt Read console, with plastic damper flanges. (they are
> OK). The problem was a split in the action rail. The action rail holds
> the hammer and wippens flanges, as well as the dampers and the damper
> lifter rod. I had always assumed it was a sold piece of wood. But
> apparently, it is two pieces of wood glued together. And what happened
> was that the glue dried out. As a result, the action rail split,
> length wise, from the treble to about a foot from the bass.
>
> The repair was easy. I removed all the dampers and the lifter rod, as
> well as 4 pairs of wippens. I put the action in a cradle, and with the
> action laying flat, (so that the groove for the lifter rod faced up),
> I poured super glue in the split, clamped it and kicked it. After a
> few minutes, I took off the clamps, and reinstalled the parts. Problem
> solved
>
> Wim

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Warren Fisher RPT
fish@Communique.net
1422 Briarwood Dr.
Slidell, LA 70458-3102


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