Loose damper lever weights

[Norman Barrett]

Terry,

Yes, these pliers offer plenty of leverage for this application. By the way,
in a former life I was an IBM customer engineer and these pliers were in the
basic set of tools that IBM furnished. We called them "gas pliers".

Norman Barrett
Memphis chapter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Loose damper lever weights


> Perhaps you have an old catalog? They appear on page 49 in my catalog. Do
> these pliers offer good leverage?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman Barrett" <nbarrett@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Loose damper lever weights
>
>
> > Hello Clyde,
> >
> > My fix for this situation is to raise the damper upstop rail, lift the
> > dampers on each side of the one with a loose lead weight, push the
weight
> > back into place and then squeeze it with the pliers called shank
knurling
> > pliers. They will spread the lead weight without touching the wood of
the
> > damper underlever. These pliers are on page 22 of the Schaff tool
catalog
> > part # 291. It is a quick and permanent fix.
> >
> > Norm Barrett
> > Memphis chapter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:52 AM
> > Subject: Loose damper lever weights
> >
> >
> > > Friends,
> > >
> > > I ran into a problem this week that I haven't encountered before.  The
> > > piano is a 1988 Wurlitzer grand model G-552.  In the process of tuning
I
> > > noticed that for three keys two dampers would lift at the same time.
I
> > > pulled the action out, and the lead (?) weights closest to the
keyboard
> > > were loose in those three damper levers and had fallen against their
> > > next-door neighbors, which caused the problem.
> > >
> > > What is the most efficient fix?  There has been some discussion of
> > > pliers recently, and at first I thought maybe it was about this exact
> > > problem, but I think there's not enough room to get a pliers in there.
> > >
> > > What I will do unless someone has a better idea:  Remove the sostenuto
> > > rod, then for each problem key loosen the damper wire and pull it out,
> > > remove the damper lever assembly and glue in the weight, then
> > > replace/regulate as needed.  I'm not eager to do this, since getting
the
> > > flange screw back in has been a source of frustration for me in the
> > > past, but I can do it if that's the best way.
> > >
> > > Help?  Comments?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Clyde Hollinger
> > >
> > >
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