Ron, The whole assembly includes two aluminum extrusions. The first is firmly attached to the belly rail. To this first extrusion are screwed all of the underlever flanges. Also screwed to this extrusion are the 3 flanges for the pivoting arms that support the second extrusion: the damper tray. The tray pivot flanges and centers are oversized, almost twice the size of the old Kawai system. The lift tray flange screws are easily accessed, and the tray slides out from under the underlevers once the sost. blade and monkey are removed. Incidentally, the sost. blade is also an aluminum extrusion, with rough quasi-round journals machined for the bushed brackets. Had to file the journals closer to round, and VJ the bushings, to make that squeak go away. Steinway design and quality control at Asian prices, it's a marketing miracle! Mike Ron Nossaman wrote: > > Mike, > I don't recall that I've seen an Essex damper tray. Is it one piece, > or is the tray separate from the part the damper flanges screw on? > Just checking. > Ron N > >
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