[CAUT] damper wire removal

[Keith Roberts]

Ahhh, now I remember. A drift punch has the same size shank instead of
tapering like a finish nail setter. The finish nail sets have a dimple on
the end and the drift punches are flat. I had the drift punch want to slide
off the end of the wire and gough out the hole. I took the small finish nail
set (easy to find tool) and a file and removed the taper for the width of
the damper head.

Just a little extra security.

Keith Roberts

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Thomas Seay <t.seay at mail.utexas.edu>
wrote:

> Take a small drift punch and gently tap the wire out from the inside face
> of the damper head.
> Tom
>
>   Tom Seay, RPT
> 512-454-1452
> info at seaypianoservice.com
>
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>  On Mar 13, 2008, at 1:39 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:
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> Hi List,
>
> I have never had to do this, but on the Steinway A I'm rebuilding, I'm
> gong to have to replace some of the damper wires :>(  I've never had to
> replace one in 16 years!
>
> What are the best methods for removing the wire from the damper head? They
> seem to be quite fixed in there!
>
> Thanks in advance for your endless supplies of methodologies and wisdom!
>
> Paul
>
>
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