damper stickiness

[Keith Roberts]

The bushings aren't bad and I didn't replace the dampers. The reason for the
change was to eliminate the Teflon bushings. Good or bad, people don't want
to buy it when they hear the word Teflon. They won't even come and look at
it.
Keith Roberts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: damper stickiness


>
> >Great. What now? Can I get the wax out of there? I sure don't want to
> >rebush the rails.
> >Keith Roberts
>
> Why not, especially considering the new back action, dampers, and damper
> wires? It's not a bad job. It takes a few minutes at the drill press to
> clean out the old bushings, then you do the actual bushing in front of the
> television in the evening with a sharp knife and a small bottle of
> Titebond. Insert #7 bridge pins and dampen the bushings when you're
> finished, and in the morning they will be sized just right for the wires.
>
>
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