puzzler...?

[Mark Schecter]

Glides turned so far down that the keys are lifting the dampers, and the 
hammers are getting to the string before letoff?

-Mark (waiting with bated breath ...)



Tvak at aol.com wrote:
> List
>  
> This might not be much of a puzzler, but it was a new one on me.
>  
> The piano: Essex (Young Chang) grand (just purchased---I was sent there 
> by the dealer for the free tuning w/purchase)
>  
> The problem: dampers that don't dampen
>  
> Found about a dozen dampers that weren't damping their strings.  Pushed 
> down on the strings: no follow-thru.  Something's holding the dampers 
> up, not allowing them to descend all the way to properly dampen.  
> Checked the pedal rod and that wasn't the problem.  The pitman 
> (spelling?) is in place properly, so that's not it, either.
>  
> Here's the hint (Probably the give-away):
>  
> I noticed the hammers weren't letting off.
>  
> Probably too easy to be considered a real puzzler, but I never would 
> have made a connection between what the problem was and leaking dampers 
> before, so maybe someone will learn something from this.
>  
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago