Grand Damper Heads/Carl Meyer

[Farrell]

Joe, your damper stand/clamp/jig sounds like an interesting gizmo. Please send me a picture!!! Can you do??? My damper holder jig evolution is far from matured.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: Grand Damper Heads/Carl Meyer


> Carl,
> Great Minds Think Alike and Fools Seldom Differ! <G>
> I just finished a set of damper heads with the same boo boo!
> Giant OOPS! I used a light stripper to get the old finish off and then
> lightly sanded with 320 sand paper (3M Gold). They are, as we speak, outside
> getting a "baked finish", (by the sun. The finish I used is an acrylic. They
> are beautiful!!!!, (mahogany). I think the little extra time it took to put
> a piece of masking tape on either side, was well worth it. I have seen
> damper heads that have the finish on the sides and it offends my eye.
> Course, that's probably just me. <G> BTW, I have a special rack that I use
> for all of the damper work. It clamps onto the sides of the piano when
> taking the dampers out. Then 2/4's are added, (1 footers) to the rim clamp
> part and transfered to the work bench, for soaking, cleaning, replacing
> felt, etc. Also, I take the time to number stamp each head. Just part of a
> professional job. The true craftsman ability is not to do the job expertly,
> all the time. But rather, when you screw up, you have the ability to fix it.
> <G>
> Welcome to my world of boo boos!
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> I'm never lost, because everyone is telling me where to go. <G>
>