At 1:57 PM -0500 11/29/03, Tom Driscoll wrote: >Keith, > Respectfully I think your missing the concept here. If you have been reading all the posts thus far sent by me, it eludes me how you could say such a thing. >... The >dummy is not a shortcut . It's a simple and effective method to keep the >lift rod away from the levers. I perfectly understand what you are declaring. I just don't accept it. To repeat my position: I am asserting that the auxiliary damper lever's primary purpose is not for such a thing at all, but was introduced with the two lift rod pianos in mind to keep the two rods acting as though they were one. > The squeak as earlier mentioned is a >common problem but an easy fix. The squeak was never an issue with me. I agree with you. Of course the squeak can be remedied. Sincerely, Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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