Damper lifter

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:32:42 -0500
> From:          ted@palmnet.net (Ted Simmons)
> Subject:       Damper lifter
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

Hi Ted,

Yes, I have run into the same problem with Kawai pianos.  The
trick is to loosen the screws that hold the large flange to the
belly?.  Once these are free you will be able to swing the
whole mechanism towards you so you can get at the screws holding
the "large flanges" to the lifter tray.

Have fun!

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA

> Hi List,
>    Today I tuned a Wurlitzer G-461 grand which, besides needing tuned, also
> needed damper sustain work.  This Wurlitzer was built by Young Chang and
> has a different type of damper lifter mechanism than what I am used to.
> There is a large flange at each end of the lifter bar and the flanges are
> pinned.  The problem is that the pins have worked out and the lifter rod
> doesn't move when the pedal is depressed.  The pedal adjustment is not at
> fault; it is adjusted with very little lost motion.  I spent an hour trying
> to install new center pins with no success.  I finally realized that the
> lifter rod mechanism had to come out for me to do the repair.  A close look
> told me that in order to remove the mechanism I would have to loosen and
> remove each and every damper wire, then remove the sostenuto blade.   I
> called YC and they suggested running a long philips screwdriver down
> between the strings to loosen the flange screws.  That was impossible.
> There is no room above the flange screws to get anything in there.  If any
> of you have solved this problem without the involved method described
> above, please let me know.
>
> Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL
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