---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim, We get a lot of these down here. I can't believe you haven't had that one before. I guess it's our lovely humidity. You'll have a lot of traveling to do when your put that turkey back together. Hope you bid enough. :-) Warren Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: > A blind tuner called me to help him repair, what he thought, was a > broken damper lifter rod bracket. (just what we've been talking > about). When I inspected the action, however, it wasn't the damper > lifter rod that was the problem. The symptoms were almost the same, in > that when you push on the pedal, the dampers wouldn't move. Since he > couldn't see, he assumed it was the lifter rod. > > This is a Pratt Read console, with plastic damper flanges. (they are > OK). The problem was a split in the action rail. The action rail holds > the hammer and wippens flanges, as well as the dampers and the damper > lifter rod. I had always assumed it was a sold piece of wood. But > apparently, it is two pieces of wood glued together. And what happened > was that the glue dried out. As a result, the action rail split, > length wise, from the treble to about a foot from the bass. > > The repair was easy. I removed all the dampers and the lifter rod, as > well as 4 pairs of wippens. I put the action in a cradle, and with the > action laying flat, (so that the groove for the lifter rod faced up), > I poured super glue in the split, clamped it and kicked it. After a > few minutes, I took off the clamps, and reinstalled the parts. Problem > solved > > Wim -- Warren Fisher RPT fish@Communique.net 1422 Briarwood Dr. Slidell, LA 70458-3102 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/87/2f/23/3c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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