This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Re: Vertical Damper RegulationOr maybe WE should count our blessings you = didn't choose to be a surgeon. :-) Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:02 AM Subject: Re: Vertical Damper Regulation Hi Jon, Sounds good, but here still, one has to weave the Hart spring tool = through the tangle of butt springs (although that might be easier than = the regular damper wire regulating tool) - how to do that without = mangling things - or should I just count my blessings that I did not = choose to be a surgeon? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jon Ralinovsky=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Vertical Damper Regulation Hi Terry, I've used my Hart spring regulation tool to adjust upright damper = wires - either pushing or pulling on the damper head while carrying out = the opposite motion with the tool. For a better description, see the = PACE upright regulation manual. Respectfully, Jon Did a full damper regulation on a little trashy 1985 Conn console = yesterday (first time on an existing action - I've done it several times = as part of an action rebuild - way easier when you are starting from = scratch). I'm so proud of myself! I think it would be easier to design a = new piano! It was a teacher's piano and she said that the dampers had = never worked right - jeez-oh-petes - when depressing the sustain pedal, = the bass dampers were an inch off the strings before the treble dampers = lifted, and on most notes, the spoon engaged the damper lever right at = the start of the key stroke - she also commented that the action was = heavy. I know I didn't get it to concert-level accuracy, but the whole = system ended up pretty darn functional and in the right ballpark. She = gave it a try afterwards and remarked that it was now doing what it = should. My question is this: how does one go about bending damper-head = wires on verticals without trashing the hammer-butt springs - not that I = disturbed a single one of course - but I can see the potential to do = that. ;-) Terry Farrell --=20 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/c4/ba/c5/b6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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