Hi Jon I'm just reporting what they showed at the Acadamy. I've been doing it that way ever since, and dont have any problems. IF the underlever capstan supports the damper for half blow then it is inhibiting the effectiveness of the damper, the full weight of the system won't be on the string. The underlever should be suspended by the wire, no contact with the tray or key end lifter felt. Well of course the damper wire suspends the damper levers. The tray is just shy of touching the caps in the end... not actually supporting them. There has to be a bit of play or the strings wouldnt be damped... Didnt think I had to spell things out quite so clearly..... But if you must...first the samples are set for half blow, then the capstans are leveled with a straight edge, then set the tray so that it is just supporting the samples, loosen all wire screws so that dampers are rough regulated for tray lift, then regulate a very slight bit of lost motion into the tray and fine regulate for simultaneous damper tray lift. I will agree that any uneveness in keyend felt height is an issue in itself. But if you have a straight line there... and a straight line of capstans to meet them... yes ? The point here is, that once all is regulated so that both damper timing and tray lift are correct, then you dont want to go correcting any uneveness in tray lift by adjusting the capstans. Why ??? for the same reason you wouldnt add shims to the back of the key felt for said correction. Any uneveness that develops in dampers over time because of felt compression etc effect both timing and tray lift. But the correction for this is to loosen the wire screw and reset simultaneous lift that way. Turning the capstan may correct the tray lift.... but it wont effect the remaining change in timing. From their grey book... the following order of the whole system is given. 1: Adjust the damper lever flange with shims so that its position over the key end felt is correct for both regular play and shift pedal play. 2: Adjust the guide rail bushings for smooth but firm play 3: Install the guide rail 4: Install Dampers themselves... i.e bending the wires for correct damper head angle and postion 5: Set the damper key lift to half blow (as per above description when capstans are installed) 6: Back off the tray and set tray lift using the wire screw. 7: Damper stop rail adjustment 8: Sosenuto adjustment 9: Damper pedal stop adjustment. 10: Damper pedal adjustment, (where your lost motion comes in....) 11: Shift pedal adjustment 12 Striking point adjustment (cheek block stop screw) Hope this makes things clearer.... Regards, Jon Page
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