speaking of damper problems

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi Wim,
>From your story I would suggest that the wires are either hitting a spot =
where before the felt made a notch in the wire. This could be also due =
in part to a build up of crud on the wires. Ever notice the little =
bright spot on the plane wire strings where the dampers have rested?
That is the kind of thing I am thinking of.
I have found that a little Goose Juice helps with this problem.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  From: Wimblees@aol.com=20
  To: caut@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:02 PM
  Subject: speaking of damper problems


  I am, as we speak, working on a 30 year old B with some damper =
problems. There are about a dozen notes that just won't damping cleanly, =
and the rest that could use improving. I rebushed the guide rail and =
replaced all the damper felts over Christmas, and that is when the =
problems started. C2 in particular just doesn't want to shut off and F#1 =
has high overtones coming out when the key is released. I remedied the =
problem several months ago by gluing a small nut to the lever, with the =
intention of looking at this thing in detail over the summer. Well, it's =
summer time, and I am working on it.=20

  I took the damper tray out of the piano, and cleaned all the groves, =
and bent the springs slightly. It's got Teflon bushing, so there is no =
restrictions there. Everything works and looks perfect. Since there =
seems to be a general problem throughout the piano, I was thinking of =
adding a little weight to each lever. I realize that would increase =
touch weight, but if it was done uniformly, I though it might not be as =
noticeable.=20

  Before I put the tray back in, are there any ideas, thoughts, =
suggestions that might help solve this problem.=20

  Wim=20

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