---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Terry, I've used my Hart spring regulation tool to adjust upright damper wires - either pushing or pulling on the damper head while carrying out the opposite motion with the tool. For a better description, see the PACE upright regulation manual. Respectfully, Jon >Did a full damper regulation on a little trashy 1985 Conn console >yesterday (first time on an existing action - I've done it several >times as part of an action rebuild - way easier when you are >starting from scratch). I'm so proud of myself! I think it would be >easier to design a new piano! It was a teacher's piano and she said >that the dampers had never worked right - jeez-oh-petes - when >depressing the sustain pedal, the bass dampers were an inch off the >strings before the treble dampers lifted, and on most notes, the >spoon engaged the damper lever right at the start of the key stroke >- she also commented that the action was heavy. I know I didn't get >it to concert-level accuracy, but the whole system ended up pretty >darn functional and in the right ballpark. She gave it a try >afterwards and remarked that it was now doing what it should. > >My question is this: how does one go about bending damper-head wires >on verticals without trashing the hammer-butt springs - not that I >disturbed a single one of course - but I can see the potential to do >that. ;-) > >Terry Farrell -- Jon Ralinovsky Piano Technician Department of Music Miami University 513/529-6548 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f3/c5/20/d1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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