Greetings,
If theres rust back at the damper spring area, perhaps spoons have rust and are sluggsh/snagging on the damper lever. Could explain why action is heavy too.
Julia Gottshall
As I said previously, I suspect that this might be a problem.
The rust we have here in Hawaii comes more from the salt air than it does from high humidity. Most pedals are corroded, and just polishing them with Brasso does nothing. The only way to get the corrosion off is to sand it off with sandpaper.
So polishing the spoons will not be possible. I will either have to replace them, or replace the whole wippen.
I've never replaced a set of spoons. Would it be "easier" to do that, or replace the whole wippen?
Wim
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From: KeyKat88 at aol.com
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Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] help needed with Hamilton
Greetings,
If theres rust back at the damper spring area, perhaps spoons have rust and are sluggsh/snagging on the damper lever. Could explain why action is heavy too.
Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA
In a message dated 2/15/2010 8:47:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, wimblees at aol.com writes:
This is a 40 year old Hamilton. There are two problems. The action is heavy. Everything is regulated the way it is supposed to be. The only thing I can figure out is that the damper springs are too strong. But that leads me to the second problem. Although each note dampens, there is a general after ring in the whole piano. I can get it to stop by putting my hands on the bass string. What I'm afraid of is if I weaken the damper springs, the after ring will get worse. The damper felts are OK, a little noisy, but nothing unusual. I did have to replace one damper flange because the spring had broken due to rust.
Any ideas?
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