At 08:12 11/21/2003 -0800, you wrote: >"What does one do other than spending half a day unsrewing the bloomin >thingees? > Dale" > >Dale, >answer: spend an hour doing it. It shouldn't take very long. This type of >damper has a pivoting head. Pivot vertical and screw away. Once they are >out, take the back action out and install damper "barrels", ream the holes >to standard and install the regualar way! >Best Regards, > >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) >Captain, Tool Police >Squares Are I I've also noticed, at least with the 1888 Chickering we have here, that if you move the upstop rail all the way up, you can pivot the head upside down (i.e. - felt side up), the heads will clear each other, and while lifting the lever with one hand, you can just spin them out with the other. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 - Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.
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