Hey I saw a jack spring between the damper head and the spring rail, glued into a place and it worked. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Nichols <nicho@zianet.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:46:11 -0700 Subject: Re: damper assist spring for spinet >Keith, > Ingenuity is often tied to budget. That repair didn't require removal >of the action. A regular damper repair spring might not have, either, but >would have been a booger with the action in place. > I had a reallllly cheap once-every-five-year-kinda customer with a >couple of broken spinet bass damper springs that said she'd just live with >the ringing. I didn't want to justify her cheapness (not poor...... just >cheap) by doing a "freebie", so I stretched a rubber band across from the >neighbors' levers, right at the top of the wood. With the two strands >firmly behind (towards the player) the wire of the sick dampers, they sorta >worked! 30 seconds, more-or-less, and she still wanted a discount due to >the pianos' size. > Takes all kinds. Keeps us in the game, no? >later, >Guy >At 08:22 PM 12/3/2004 -0600, you wrote: >>List, >> >>Here is an interesting fix on this Gulbransen spinet. >> >>Instead of using this Repair Damper Spring at the damper flange where it >>was designed to go, some person just attached it to the damper stop rail >>instead. >> >>The ingenuity of some folks never ceases. >> >>Keith >>-- >>Keith McGavern >>Registered Piano Technician >>Oklahoma Chapter 731 >>Piano Technicians Guild >>USA >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > "Not everything that counts can be counted, > and not everything that can be counted counts." > Albert Einstein >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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