damper springs

[Richard Wagner]

"No."  Don't replace the springs only on account of this "non-problem."

With the damper felt now missing, the BOTTOMS of the damper levers are
limiting further head travel towards the strings by contacting the spoons
and/or damper lift rod.

Once you replace the felt again (assuming you shoot for thicknesses the
piano originally had) you'll see that things work again with less
re-regulation required.

If you're still wondering about replacing the damper springs, however,
Be guided by considerations of; old spring breakage, touchweight
considerations, damping effectiveness [Ask Del Fandrich about this one,]
and finally cost effectiveness of your proposed work over all.

... My 2 cents worth.


	Richard Wagner RPT



On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Paul Mulik wrote:

> One quick question from a beginning rebuilder:
>
> I've removed the damper felts from an upright action but left the heads in
> place for now.  When I reinstalled the action in the piano, the heads did
> not touch the strings.  Is this an indication that the springs should be
> replaced?  It seems to me that they should be strong enough to hold the
> damper heads to the strings even without felts on them.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Mulik
>
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