Dampers

[Horace Greeley]

Gina,

If we all had to pay Jim Harvey a copyright/patent commission for each time
we used one (or more) of his "blatantly stolen" ideas, he'd be well retired.

Thanks, Jim.

Horace



>Horace, Jim, et al,
>
>First, I don't do dampers. Second, when I am forced to do dampers at the
>piano (like when one doesn't work properly), if it's the bushing I use a
>brass rod the size of a treble mute wire, heat it and burnish the guide rail
>felt. Works great. In a pinch, I've even used the treble mute wire. Takes
>much longer but will work. I've never pushed the felt thru the guide rail
>hole since I started using this method, and I can't recall having to do a
>second repair on the same problem damper. Don't even have an umbrella tool
>anymore.
>
>(I blatantly stole this from Jim Harvey.)
>
>Gina Carter




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