a Baldwin damper noise

Jon Page jpage@capecod.net
Thu, 03 Apr 1997 13:08:38 -0500 (EST)


Ron,
The damper bushing I was referring to is the brass
bushing holding the set screw not the flange bushing.
Although I have had to contend with someone's
attempt to tighten flange bushings that way.
You are correct, no a pretty sight.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 12:48 PM 4/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Apr 1997, Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net> wrote:
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>> I have tracked down a few clicks to a slightly loose
>> damper bushing. Glue sizing eliminated the clicking.
>
>I *know* you didn't mean GLUE sizing, right?! Water sizing, maybe (like I
>suggested), but glue sizing a bushing is asking for real trouble!
>
>
>			     Ron Torrella, RPT
>			Assistant Piano Technician
>			  University of Michigan
>			      School of Music
>
>
>

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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