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Ed

Check the hammer rest rail. I had a Yamaha studio with damper problems, and 
couldn't figure out what was wrong, until I noticed that one of the hammer 
rest rail hangers was out of its hole the action bracket. I am not sure what 
effect this had on the dampers, but when I but the hanger back in place, and 
straightened the rest rail out, (the piano had suffered some sort of blow), 
everything worked again. 

Willem 


In a message dated 2/5/01 2:32:48 PM Central Standard Time, 
edwithen@oregontrail.net writes:


> Calling all Damper experts... lend me your advice.
> 
> Tuned a Baldwin studio model; about 15 years old.  It has been moved
> several times.  Not tuned for several years.  Tuned up nicely. But...
> 
> got called back because the bass dampers were not damping the sound.
> Several white key were not being damped after playing. All black keys
> seemed to damp except for D#3.   I did some wire bending and got all to
> damp pretty well except for 
> G 1.  This is the lowest bi-chord on this piano.  Could not get it to damp
> at all.  Del Fandrich mentioned at a PTG mtg in Portland that increasing
> the mass of the damper by adding some weight could be a help in damping
> problems.  Should I explore this???
> 
> I had hoped (and expected) that the problem would be the adjustment of the
> bass damper pedal.  No such luck.
> 
> The bass dampers barely move off of the string with the pedal, and not much
> better with the key.  Movement measures about 1 mm.  The lowest dampers
> move more than the upper Bass dampers.  The uneveness of this concerns me.
> They should all be about the same for that section of the piano.  Obviously
> there is some serious damper adjustment needed.
> 
> The middle and upper sections of the piano have no problem.  
> 
> And of course it has to be the piano of a friend, and the friend is a music
> teacher. Why couldn't it have been owned by a stranger in a strange land?
> AARRRGGGHHHH.
> 
> What say ye???
> 
> Ed Carwithen
> John Day, OR
> 
> 



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