Today's Puzzler<G>

Joseph Garrett joegarrett@earthlink.net
Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:25:29 -0700


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Alan said: "
You've obviously messed everything up by tightening the bench.

Yeah, that was the first thing I checked.<G>

My guess, hammers are striking the tops of the damper heads when they are lifted by the pedal. Is the rod lifting the dampers too much? 

Alan ,
You get the green banana!<G> Sho' 'nuf, that was it. Checked them thar dampers and found that they had been installed about 1/16" too high on the damper wires! Got out my handy-dandy center pin nippers and cut off the top/left corner, sanded and all was well.
While I was sufacing the hammers, in the shop, I noted that there were symetrical "slices" in the underside of the hammers, in the middle section. I went: Hmmm?, and dismissed it as some anomoly from the factory and went on my merry way. Shouldn't have.<G>   :-(   
That action is what I would define as a "compact action", which is engineered very close, so any "oops" on the initial building would make a problem, IMO.
Congrats Alan! (sharp as a tack.....<G>)
Regards,


Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
Captain, Tool Police
Squares R I
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