I replaced the damper felt on a Hamilton of about the same vintage a couple years ago and did the Spurlock thing in the bass with VERY good results. I think I made those myself, however, now I am purchasing my upright bass dampers from Jurgen at Pianoforte Supply - he has very nice bass dampers in 55 mm and 67 mm lengths: http://www.pianofortesupply.com/dampers1.html Terry Farrell On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:58 PM, David Ilvedson wrote: > 1 inch dampers? If so, that is the problem...Bill Spurlock's > articles on replacing upright dampers. > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: wimblees at aol.com > To: Pianotech at PTG.org > Received: 2/15/2010 5:46:42 PM > Subject: [pianotech] help needed with Hamilton > > >> This is a 40 year old Hamilton. There are two problems. The action >> is heavy. >> Everything is regulated the way it is supposed to be. The only >> thing I can figure out >> is that the damper springs are too strong. But that leads me to the >> second problem. >> Although each note dampens, there is a general after ring in the >> whole piano. I can >> get it to stop by putting my hands on the bass string. What I'm >> afraid of is if I >> weaken the damper springs, the after ring will get worse. The >> damper felts are OK, >> a little noisy, but nothing unusual. I did have to replace one >> damper flange because >> the spring had broken due to rust. > > >> Any ideas? >> >> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT >> Piano Tuner/Technician >> 94-505 Kealakaa Str. >> Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 >> 808-349-2943 >> www.Bleespiano.com >> Author of: >> The Business of Piano Tuning >> available from Potter Press >> www.pianotuning.com
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