S & S Underlevers

[Jon Page]

Avery,
Renner USA has the underlever replacement kit for $400.
It takes a few hours to assemble.

One benefit is it has the spring-loaded sostenuto tab.
This is a feature which pianists prefer.

Go for it,

Jon Page

At 11:17 AM 06/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>List,
>
>    After 25+ years, I'm having to redo my first
>damper tray that has the glued in underlever
>flanges. Bunches of them have loose, noisy
>pinning at the two pinned parts. :-(
>    Besides "get a new one" :-), which isn't an
>option at this point, does anyone have any words
>of wisdom on things to watch out for? It looks
>pretty straightforward. They popped loose easily
>with no damage, am cleaning up the old hide glue,
>will repin and reglue with hide glue.
>    With the locater peg thing in the flanges, it
>looks like the only thing I need to watch for is
>to be sure they're glued on straight.
>    Any other thoughts? Thanks.
>
>Avery
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>
>Avery Todd                           -Benjamin Franklin-
>Moores School of Music
>University of Houston
>Houston, TX 77204-4201
>713-743-3226

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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