Gordon As has been suggested, moving the upstop rail higher might give you access to the screws. But, if that doesn't work, sometimes the only real solution to the problem is to do what we really don't want to do. In this case, if the only way to put the screw back in is to remove the?damper flange rail, which means removing all the dampers, then so be it. Perhaps that might be one of the reasons?JF grands never "made it". Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Holley <downbeat237 at verizon.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:58 am Subject: [pianotech] Securing damper lever to flange rail Customers Jesse French 57" Grand.? D5 damper lift flange screw, which holds the flange to the damper flange rail, has backed out and was found laying on the keybed.? The position of the flange and flange rail, as shown on page 50 in Reblitz, Piano Servicing, Tuning & Rebuilding, is different from this grand.? In the cross section on page 50, the flange hangs down and is secured to the flange rail.? In the Jessee French grand, the flange stands in a vertical position and is secured to the flange rail. The problem is: the damper stop rail blocks the view of the flange screw hole and makes the insertion of the screw into the flange hole impossible. I would appreciate some guidence on this problem. Regards, Gordon Holley, Indiana Chapter 467 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090828/13c9388b/attachment.htm>
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