Damper lifter

[Ted Simmons]

That will work, Don!  You painted a clear picture of the procedure.  Thanks.

Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL

>Ted and List,
>
>Many pianos share this design of damper tray, including Kawai. Our
>procedure (greatly abbreviated) is this:
>
>1. Remove sostenuto rod from the sostenuto brackets.
>2. Raise the upstop rail(s) all the way up.
>3. Disengage the pedal lever and turn the trap lever retaining hook
>(L-shaped hook that holds the trap lever up during moving).
>4. Remove the pitman
>5. Mark the location (up and down at both ends, side to side) of the
>damper flange rail on the cross-block (belly rail, whatever you want to
>call it).
>6. Remove the 3 or 4 screws which hold the damper flange rail to the
>cross-block.
>7. Gently ease the entire damper assembly towards you, gently flexing the
>damper wires, until the damper tray block screws are visible through the
>strings from above.
>8. Use a long thin screwdriver to remove the damper tray block screws.
>9. Swing the tray block up, then remove the flange screw that is hidden
>behind it.
>
>The block and flange are now out, and can be repinned / repaired /
>replaced. When all is in good working order, just carefully reassemble
>everything. As long as you put all the sccrews back where they were, the
>only adjustment that will be needed at the end will be the damper upstop
>rail.
>
>Let me know if you have questions about this.
>
>Don Mannino