Clicking Damper Head

[Willem Blees]

Matthew

There are two problems at work here. First is the damper guide rail bushing, which is causing the damper head, (two words), to move from side to side. The other problem is the alignment of the damper wire. The wire is not going straight up and down in the guide rail busing. You can check this by slowly moving the damper up and down with a finger on the damper lever. 

For the guide rail bushing, remove the damper, remove the guide rail bushing and replace it with new felt. Glue size the?hole with a bridge pin. (let it sit for about an hour). 
For the wire alignment, you'll need to make the necessary bends in the wire, both between the damper flange and the guide rail, and at the damper head. You want to have?the damper wire move straight up and down and the felts to seat even on the strings.?This will take some practice to get right. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
808-349-2943
www.bleespiano.com
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:26 am
Subject: Clicking Damper Head



I have vigorously practiced my tuning today, so I am barely type.

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On the Sherman Clay I was working on today, I noticed that a damperhead in the bass hits the damper head next door as well as the bass strut.? When you play anything louder than a "p" on that key, you can tell the damperhead has way to much side to side play and vibration, and hence, you hear an audible tapping.

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I have noticed this on at least?3 or 4?out 10 grands I come across.? What would be the best procedure for remedy here?

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Thank you,

Matthew

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PS? Is damper head one or two words???

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