---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Julia, Check to make sure that the spoons are not keeping the dampers off the strings - that would be characterized by very early damper lift from the key. Respectfully, Jon >Greetings, > > Cable Nelson spinet with drop action has dampers that >ring when the key is played. I tried bending the dampers a bit >forward as a quick fix for the inevitable; either new damper springs >or re-tensioning the springs via messsage; putting a curvature back >in the springs by tenderly bending/messaging them while the action >is inside the piano. > > Which is better to do; re-tension the springs outside >the piano (ooo, my back, alot of bending over) or removing the >action and doing the same thing OR removing the action and just >replacing those springs? > > On another line of thought, what could be some other >causes that this problem exists? When I push slightly on the strings >the damper does not "hug" or follow the string. This indicates to me >that the spring tension is weak, but could somehing else be wrong >that imitates the symptom of the damper not "hugging"/ following the >string? > >Julia Gottchall, >Reading, PA -- Jon Ralinovsky Piano Technician Department of Music Miami University 513/529-6548 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d7/ad/78/6c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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