[pianotech] Damper spring cord

[David Ilvedson]

I would repair it...a new damper flange will very likely mean realigning the damper, it will not be exactly the same.   The trick is to have the damper cord ready to go with the CAed point and plenty of cord to repair many flanges.   OR use a toothpick.

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: wimblees at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 2/11/2010 11:14:03 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Damper spring cord



>Noah

>Unless this is a very unusual damper flange, the best way to fix it is to replace the 
>whole flange with a new one. You should keep an assortment of different kinds of 
>flanges on hand at all times.  



>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Noah Frere <noahfrere at gmail.com>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Sent: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 6:15 am
>Subject: [pianotech] Damper spring cord


>I am trying to re-spring a damper flange. I pulled back the sheath of the cord, cut, 
>pulled the sheath back forward, applied some wood glue and worked the end into as 
>fine a needle as i could, but alas, i could not get it all the way through the hole in the 
>flange. About halfway through, the cord starts bunching at the entrance hole and 
>loses rigidity. Then i applied some thin CA and Accelerator, which made it too thick, 
>so I sliced it thinner using a razor, reapplied the CA and Accelerator, and was able to 
>get the cord trough all the way since it was thin, but then it wouild go no further, 
>since the angle was too great at the entrance to the flange. When i tried to pull it 
>through with tweezers it just shredded. 
>So, I tried again, the standard way, to no avail. It just is not needly enough and/or 
>hard enough. Anyone?