I removed the spring from under the damper tray, (inside) for a picky customer with an S&S M who was having exactly this problem. She claimed that the dampers were too slow to damp afterwards, and I put it back in. I couldn't really tell the difference in damping. Then later on she told me that another tuner she had gone to, apparently dissatisfied with me, had fixed the problem *properly* ... turned out, she had removed the same spring. <some customers are like that> I also have heard that on newer Steinways, they use a neoprene tube inside the box, instead of a wrapping of bushing cloth to muffle the clinch plate. Sometimes the neoprene introduces a lot of friction. If I found that, I'd just take it out and use bushing cloth again. With new cloth, it takes a second tightening after the pedal has been used a bit, or the cloth getting pressed down lets the pedal get too loose. Susan On 11/11/2010 11:21 AM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Hi.. > > The elderly gentleman with the rebuilt S&S M called to say he thinks > the damper pedal is too hard to push down. I haven't had a look yet. > I'll check the pedal timing and take the trap lever spring and stomp > on it if I have to. Did I read on a list that sometimes techs just > remove the trap lever spring (if the system will work without it)? > > Thanks, > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101111/097cef5f/attachment.htm>
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