raising damper lift to lighten touch

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Far flung friends and fellow techs,
 
One nice thing about doing occasional store work is that there are lots of  
guinea pigs to try things out on before I do it in a customer's home.  
 
Yesterday the manager of one of my store accounts said he had a customer  who 
loved the Seiler 186, but the touch was a tad too heavy for her  tastes.  I 
suggested the least invasive procedure I could think of--raising  the point of 
damper lift.  He said okay.
 
I regulated the dampers by loosening all the wire block screws and lowering  
the wires, using the tray(raised to the proper point) as a guide.  I  brought 
the lift point to where the hammer was about 2/3 of the way to the  string.  
To the touch, it felt like lift was beginning just before  letoff.
 
I fine regulated them by adjusting the capstans.  (still doesn't  look quite 
as good as a Seiler factory job, but it's not bad at all).
 
Also needing regulation were:
 
The pedal rod
The trap-stop capstan(what DO you call that, anyway?)
The damper upstop rail
The sostenuto rod
 
In the end, the touch weight was around 5 grams lighter, possibly a tad  
more.  It felt quite good, and all of the dampers had plenty of  clearance.
 
Would regulating spoons or capstans be far more difficult or offer other  
pitfalls?
 
This was my first experience with  this particular job, and it came  out 
pretty well, but I'd certainly appreciate any suggestions from those of you  who 
have more experience doing this.
 
Thanks,
 
Dave (back on the list after being glued to the Tour de France)
Stahl
 
 

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