Phil If this is a "usual" birdcage, if I recall, you can tip the action towards you, insert the temperament strip below the dampers, and then put the action back to tune it. It's a little bit of a hassle, but it works. As far as the dampers are concerned, unless they are crusty and zing, I would not replace them. Birdcages never did damp all that good. Look to see if there is a way to?bring the action closer to the strings to get the dampers to push against the strings harder. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Phil Bondi <phil at philbondi.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 1:53 pm Subject: Re: Broadwood And Sons questions John Delacour said:? ? > What is the age of the piano? It's unusual for a Broadwood to have > overdampers.? ? 1886.? ? John, is there any trick to removing the damper section to tune? It looks like it's pretty straight forward..but again, this is my first..so be gentle with me..!? ? -Phil Bondi(Fl)? ? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080109/029319e2/attachment.html
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