[pianotech] Samick (grand) bass damper rail issues?

[Paul T Williams]

Is it on all the dampers?  You could shift the whole guide rail a smidge 
to the left.  You'd have to plug the screw holes into the soundboard, 
re-locate and drill new ones.  Warranty work, I imagine.

Paul




kurt baxter <fortefile at gmail.com> 
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I was doing some post-sale work on a brand new Samick grand today. 
The owner had complained about "ringing" and "buzzing".

I turns out the bass damper rail is so far misaligned (to the right) that 
the
a few of the bass damper wires were actually dragging on the bass strings
on the way back down. 

Not just buzzing- actually rubbing on non-vibrating bi-chord strings.

Have you ever come across other Samick damper rails misplaced this badly?

How does something like that even leave the factory?

They don't seem to have enough wiggle room to be shoved over and 
re-tightened.
Will I have enlarge hole in the rail and add a washer?



[kurt]
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