"Woolite" on hard dampers-- technique suggestions sought.

[gordon stelter]

I just sold someone a  very nicely preserved 1951 
JC Fischer console ( "American" consoles from the 50's
are my favorites !!! ) All in great shape except the
dampers, which are rattling on the strings. 
     I vaguely remember "chatter" about softening them
instead of replacing them. How is this done?
     Thanks in Advance,
     Thump


--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> "Still, how about WD40 on hammers - someone?"
> 
> Likely a great idea - for grand pianos in churches
> and lounges - might help
> repel the onslaught of red wine in churches and
> martinis/beer/etc. in lounge
> pianos - 'course, maybe martinis in some
> churches......
> 
> As Jimmy Buffet said: "It's a fine line between
> Saturday night and Sunday
> mornin'".
> 
> Seriously though, anyone that sprays WD40 on a set
> of hammers should be
> shot.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> 
> > Thanks for the info - I believe my patient was
> actually a Cable-Nelson
> > console. And I *swear* I could see where the
> original screw holes were for
> a
> > normal hinge. However, the vandal-proof notion
> helps me make sense of
> *why*.
> > The piano had been in a church for who knows how
> long. Still, how about
> WD40
> > on hammers - someone? Anyone? Beuller?
> >
> > -ilex
> >
> > }-----Original Message-----
> > }From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> > }Behalf Of Tom Driscoll
> > }Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 2:34 AM
> > }To: Pianotech
> > }Subject: Re: WD40 again
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }----- Original Message -----
> > }From: "ilex cameron ross" <i1ex@earthlink.net>
> > }To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > }Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:31 PM
> > }Subject: WD40 again
> > }
> > }
> > }> Another one of my fun appointments this week
> was an
> > }> almost-impossible-to-open upright. Nothing out
> of the ordinary about
> this
> > }> piano, just your average console. Except that
> some DEAR soul had for
> some
> > }> unknown reason gone and removed the lid hinges
> and replaced them with
> > }> unbendable thick L-shaped pieces of steel held
> in place by thick
> rusting,
> > }> stripped, allen-wrench bolts. *frustration and
> strife*
> > }>
> > }> ilex
> > }
> > }    Ilex,
> > }    The Everett studio "school" pianos have that
> arrangement to "vandal-
> > }proof " the piano.
> > }    and the reason that they are stripped is
> probably from attempts to
> > }remove them with an incorrect tool.
> > }    I service quite a few of these and have the
> correct Allen wrench in
> my
> > }kit.
> > }    I'm too lazy to go out to the shop to measure
> but my recollection is
> > }that the wrench is 1/4" size
> > }    In a pinch you can remove them by inserting
> the shaft end of your
> handy
> > }hammer (the one that fits into the combination
> handle) into the bolt as a
> > }make shift tool.
> > }Don't make a habit of this as the bolt is a lot
> harder than the
> > }tool and the
> > }tool will lose the fight.
> > }    DAMHIK
> > }    Tom Driscoll
> > }
> > }
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