This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I have replaced dampers in 3 of these grands and found that both thick = hide glue and thickened shellac. Work well. Allow the hot hide glue to = thicken in the glue pot. Heat some shellac to "cook off" most of the = alcohol. Be careful! It ignites easily. My eyebrows are growing back. Paul Chick ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Robert Goodale=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Chickering quarter grands I'm thinking perhaps a few drops of shellac in the flange/head where = the wire goes in might be enough to lock it in. I've seen this work = very well in other situations. It swells the wood just a little bit and = then hardens but it won't stick so it is still easily adjustable later. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV Larry Lobel wrote: 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. =20 Larry Lobel Virtuoso Piano Service Petaluma, California 94952 USA (707) 762-5800 or (707) 529-9676 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9a/c6/24/f2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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