Chickering Damper Wires

[Pianotoone@AOL.COM]

Hi List and Happy New Year

Today I was called to replace some damper felts on a small Chickering Grand.

When I pulled the action I discovered the damper wires were screwed into the 
jacks (blocks) with what appeared to be a little drop of glue where the wire 
entered the jack.  No amount of head scratching could help me determine how 
to remove the wires.  All grands I have worked on have had little screws 
holding the damper wires into the jacks.  

The archives listed one instance where the whole set wwas removed from the 
piano (Susan Kline) and replaced with an APSCO part.  BUT the piano was 
unstrung.  Another writer mentioned that Les Smith had a technique but I 
couldn't find it in the archives

Any advice???

Thanks

Dick Day
Marshall MI