Chickering Damper Wires

[Tom Driscoll]

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From: <Pianotoone@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Chickering Damper Wires


> 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.  >
> Any advice???
>
> Thanks
>
> Dick Day
> Marshall MI
>
    Dick,

      If you loosen the upstop rail I think you can raise each damper above
its neighbors and unscrew the wire. Its been awhile since I've done this and
I recall having a problem with the heads adjacent to each plate strut.
Anybody else ?
      Tom Driscoll