[pianotech] Damper spring cord

[John Ross]

I found a tooth pick was not a tight fix.
If you want to go the wood route, which might cause a click/noise, I would 
use the bamboo skewer sticks, they are stronger, than a tooth pick.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Damper spring cord


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?