Hi Clyde, Oh well. At least I tried. I said I hadn't done one of those in a very long time. :-) Avery At 07:14 AM 11/29/01 -0500, you wrote: >Avery Todd wrote: > > > Why do the hooks need replacing? Is one or more broken? > >One is broken. I have no idea why they break. > >Is the pad between the two pieces missing/worn out? > >No. > > > Could you make the bass > > dampers lift sooner by replacing the pad between them and then > > regulating the damper lift by bending some wires? > >Not in this case. > > > Has it been too long for me to be responding to a question like this? > > Am I missing something? Entirely possible. It's gotten entirely too > > close to freezing today for a location like Houston! :-) > >The first time I came across a broken liftrod hanger I sent it off somewhere >to have it fixed. That was before I knew I could fix such stuff myself. >When it came back I looked at it and thought, "I could do better than that >myself." It didn't look professional at all. > >And I have managed to get a couple done, but I was never happy with the >result, and the way I went about it, it was too much trouble. I am glad for >the responses I've received. As the song from "Sound of Music" says, >sometimes "I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do." Well, >they don't have to be older, I'm almost 55 myself, but I haven't been a >fulltime piano technician for very long. > >Regards, >Clyde > >
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