polishing spoons

[Dean May]

I'll second that. I never touch a damper flange screw on worn dampers if
there are no problems. If you tighten them or take them off and reinstall,
the flange will likely move slightly and the grooves will no longer line up
with the strings. The result is ringing dampers that you can spend hours
fussing with trying to reseat the worn grooves.  


Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Gregor _
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:49 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: RE: polishing spoons



>From: "David Nereson"


>Or, remove all the damper levers and polish them in place.
>

The dampers are the last I would remove. Could produce unpredictable
problems. Dampers are almost always a miracle in pianos, sometimes they work
well, sometimes not. Sometimes you know why, sometimes not. If they work
well: don´t touch them!

Gregor

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