damper underlever springs

[Avery Todd]

Jim B., Ed, Newton, Ken, David, et al,
   Thanks to all for responding to my question about damper underlever
helper springs on the Steinway 'L'. I'll be starting the job next week and
your suggestions are going to be a BIG help. She is a teacher as well as a
pianist, so I'm going to have to do the work in a fairly tight time frame.
Your suggestions will help eliminate some time wasted experimenting. This
is my
first time doing this, so again, my heartfelt thanks to the people on this
list for being willing to help.
   To answer one question Newton asked, the dampers *are* lifting almost
immediately with the keys. But I also feel the helper springs are too
strong because I didn't even think about there being springs until I
removed the
action and started lifting the levers individually. So the combination of both
is really making the action feel heavy. I will also check for other
friction while the assembly is out and will also replace the key end felts.

   Many thanks, y'all!

Avery

P.S. And then, among other problems, there's the 3" long leg brace screw on
     the bass end which goes up into the action!

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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713-743-3226
atodd@uh.edu
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