John, I see nothing wrong with a fine adjustment on dampers which are affixed to the top blocks with a rather crude method. I find that performers are getting more and more critical about damper performance including having all the notes of a chord stop simultaneously at a slow release of the pedal. Fine adjustment capability is critical to get to that Nth degree, IMHO. If it's getting a new back action, it doesn't take much to add this nice feature. Tom Cole John Delacour wrote: > At 12:29 -0800 23/12/08, Gene Nelson wrote: > >> The 10-24 machine bolts are sounding better all the time. > > Even better to me sounds the idea of leaving everything as it is and > just regulating the dampers. Sure, nobody likes dampers, but learning > how to do a good job on them is a far better investment than wasting > time botching just one piano only to have the same dilemma when the > next damper job comes along. > > JD > > > >
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