---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The damper design on these pianos is one of the things I was thinking of when I said they could be hard to work on sometimes. I recommend putting a small drop of hyde glue on the wire where it meets the damper block. Not inside on the threads, just a drop on the outside to keep it from wandering. This is easily reversed. chris >I restored one of these a couple of years ago, and recently went >back to tune it. I noticed the damper heads are all askew and have >been thinking about how to fix this. The damper wires are >screw-threaded at both ends; that is, into the top flange on the >bottom and into the head on top, so they're free to rotate and don't >stay aligned to the strings. I hesitate to do anything that would >permanently lock them in place, like gluing them, which would make >it difficult for the next rebuilder to deal with. Anyone have any >suggestions for this? > >I agree these were nicely built pianos, but the tone on the one I >restored is weak and antiquated, like pianos built in before >1860, especially in the high treble. > >Larry Lobel >Virtuoso Piano Service >Petaluma, California 94952 USA > >(707) 762-5800 or (707) 529-9676 > > > -- -Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. -School of Music, Ohio University -Athens, OH 45701 -mailto:purdy@ohio.edu -(740) 593-1656 office -(740) 593-1429 fax ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/23/17/7f/01/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC