"rig" jobs,,was horror repairs

[Dan M. Hallett, Jr.]

Ted Simmons wrote:
>
> 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

Dear Ted & All:

A Variation on Ted's theme. There is a person in this area who repairs
upright hammers that don't return by hanging lead sinkers on a piece of
fishing wire attached to the
catcher or catcher shank. These repaired? instruments are for sale. I
run the other way. Fast.
Dan Hallett, Jr. RPT
Hallett's Piano Service
dhalle@toolcity.net