YO Y'all, Congrats David Vandervrootenburgerheisermiesterhoff yah en so hey III. Y'arn't dutch er nuttin R ya?? RE: Asian grand damper spoon regulation What do y'all use to regulate them suckers?? Do ya find a rooler to measure each one with and bend accordioningly?? What do ya measure with when there's a piannerDisc in there?? I gots the answer, hey. Most of us have scape wood laying around (Cable spinets, Thomas pianos wannabees, piano has beens, piano crates, wood buring stoves made from real wood, etc.) and can operate a hand saw (forward, back, forward, back, etc., a binary saw). I made this device years ago and have found it to be the cats meow. It's fast, fun, friendly, fat free, tax free, no phosphates, no nitrites, nitrates, salt or oils, no saleman will call, not sold anywhere, not available in stores, it's biodegradable, recycled, organic, and totally radical dude!! It measures about 12 inches long, about 2" square, and on one end it has a lip, shelf, ledge, flat protrusion, through which passes a capstan. The ledge is long enough and high enough to clear the Una Corda lever (soft pedal action pusher for us common folk), and the capstan is situated so that it can be adjusted to accomodate the spoons at various levels. I have found I adjust the capstan very little from piano to piano. Before removing the action, I check the damper lift on various notes and find one that I like for measurement. I then remove the action, and adjust my capstan on this tool to just touch the spoon of that note without actually lifting it. I then adjust all the other spoons to match. I adjust the entire set in about five minutes. This can be done on a paneled keybed as well, just hold the tool off to the side. I'll send a BITMAP to those who'd like, the entire list if you wish ......... but some of us don't have BITMAP viewing capabilities. Lar Larry Fisher RPT specialist in players, retrofits, and other complicated stuff phone 360-256-2999 or email larryf@pacifier.com http://www.pacifier.com/~larryf/ (revised 10/96) Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water
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