pianotech-digest V1997 #2076 Re: Weber Gooey Mess

[John Ross]

Hi Jim,
It was less distance. That is why I was thinking of redrilling a new hole and
rebushing , closer to the 'cutaway'.
The damper is sitting out too far compared, to the rest. Previously I had bent the
wire & repositioned the head. I used a thicker cloth on the rod, rather than
bending the spoon, so that the damper would work with the pedal
I had also tried the elongation of the hole. I was just wondering what fixes other
people had tried.
Thanks again to all.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

harvey wrote:

> Um, I had this experience only once, John. It was a big ol' upright like
> you said. Unfortunately, I forgot the work-around, but it was either a
> junkbox part from another upright, or a kludge of some sort.
>
> Regardless, I'd be more inclined to try one of the other suggestions
> already mentioned, i.e.,  roll your own flanges from scratch, move/modify
> the slot for the action rail, remove material from the back and so on.
>
> Otherwise, if you need more distance from damper to rail (and I'm having a
> tough time with perspective at the moment), could you not work from the
> 'back' end of an upright damper flange instead of the pinned side? Seems
> like it would be easier to plug & fill everything behind the pinned area;
> then drill a new screw hole and "move" the slot, rather than working with
> new cp holes, rebushing, etc. Could you not use the business end of a
> commonly available upright flange, then cut/glue an extension portion from
> yet another flange?
>
> Sorry if I'm not "seeing" this right.
>
> Jim Harvey, RPT
>
> At 10:51 PM 10/22/99 -0300, you wrote:
> [cut]
> >Has anyone tried, drilling the holes in flange for the pin in a different
> place
> >and rebushing the hole. Possibly removing the bushing cloth and filling the
> >origional hole with epoxy.
> >Oh yes, on some of the answers, I don't think that the people realized that it
> >was for a damper flange on a large upright.