This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks for the tip Roger. My first time at this upright stuff. I did not = think of that. I currently have all the butts and wippens off, so I will = go ahead and remove the back rail and complete my dampers before I = install the other stuff. What a pain having the piano 25 miles away. = Your approach sounds good. Do the dampers first while the action is = clean and uncluttered with all the other parts. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: jolly roger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org ; pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Damper Lever Rebuild (tad long) I can understand the experience thing. Good luck. I hope you learn a = lot from this. As far as the off center hole is concerned, I don't quite = understand. The damper flanges I have seen have the hole in the middle. = But even if they are off centered, you can use them, but then adjust the = damper wire to move the damper head over to the string. =20 Wim=20 Hi Wim and Terry, Replacing those off set flanges require a = lot of wire bending to get all the tri and bi cord wedges to seat = correctly. To do the job well you really should remove the hammer = assemblies to get good access to the wire. FWIW On major damper jobs, I usually remove the hammer assemblies and = back rail. That way I can see the bottom of the damper, and have lots = of room for the wire bending pliers, it does a better job. It should = be noted that the dampers are installed before the hammers, shanks, and = back rail, in the piano factories.=20 It is faster to remove the butts, shanks and hammers. Regards Roger ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0b/72/da/b5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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