I had a customer piano with the same trouble exactly. As I recall, the felt was part of the problem and yours looks suspicious, too. I replaced it with a good woven action cloth. Alan Barnard Salem, MO Joshua 24:15 Original message From: Farrell To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 09/02/2006 11:13:05 AM Subject: Damper Lever Felt Excavation Just wondering if anyone else has ever run across anything like this. This is from a 30 year-old or so Aeolian spinet. Several keys were getting stuck. It took me a while to diagnose problem - I saw that the jack was getting stuck under the hammer butt. What was actually happening is that the wippen spoon was getting stuck in the hole in the damper lever felt that was dug by the abrasive spoon. Those holes in the felt go right down to the damper lever wood. Spoons after cleaning and polishing. I used a dremel tool, first with a wheel designed for removing paint, then a rubbery disk that has an abrasive imbedded in it, and then finally with a polishing compound. And of course I replaced the damper lever felt. Piano is now as good as, er, a, well, a 30-year-old Aeolian spinet. Gulp! Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060902/fcfc4160/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 39040 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060902/fcfc4160/attachment-0004.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 37311 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060902/fcfc4160/attachment-0005.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 50049 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060902/fcfc4160/attachment-0006.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 45678 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060902/fcfc4160/attachment-0007.jpg
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