"rig" jobs,,was horror repairs

[Ted Simmons]

Now here's the ultimate fix for sticking dampers.  I pulled the action from
a no-name grand to give an estimate on action regulation and discovered
little bulgy things hanging from the damper wires.  Some had more than one
bulgy thing.  I finally realized that these were split-lead fishing
weights.  Someone had simply spread the weight apart enough to get onto the
damper wire, then crimped it with a pair of pliers. If it wasn't so
amateurish I would have thought it was clever.

Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL

>In a message dated 97-05-23 04:22:34 EDT, you write:
>
>>Just wanted to pass along a repair tip I just learned from an anonymous
>>"tech" that I ran onto the other day. Got a leaky grand damper the just
>won't
>>seat right? Don't waste any valuable time trying to regulate that pesky
>>sucker. Do like this guy did. Just scotch tape a couple of large wood screws
>>to the damper wire. So what if the note has a curiously heavy touch. Lets
>not
>>get picky now.
>>
>>Dave Bunch
>
>At least you won't see the screws. I ran accross a piano that had a couple of
>washers taped to the top of the dampers.
>
>Wim Blees