[CAUT] Mason & Hamlin BB

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Jim,

Sorry for the delay in response.

At 05:41 PM 5/7/2006, you wrote:
>Has anyone in this group had any problem with sluggish dampers in any new
>Mason & Hamlin Model BB made or sold within the past one to three years?

Yes - but, the grain of salt here is that at this point I am not 
seeing huge numbers of new instruments.

>If so, what was the problem?

Two:

          - damper wires needed easing/resizing
          - unpredictable pinning, usually in the top flange.

I use a modified soldering iron for sizing/burnishing damper guide 
rail bushings; and seem to remember that, some years back, Susan 
Graham had plans in the journal for how to set one up.  With a fairly 
simple setup (using an inline dimmer switch), you can regulate the 
heat of the iron to give very predictable, non-destructive results.

Pinning is, well, pinning...

I do not consider myself to be a damper expert, so this kind of thing 
is relatively slow going for me.

Hope this is of some help.

Best regards.

Horace