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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Wim,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is the kind of thing I am thinking =
of.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have found that a little Goose Juice =
helps with
this problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<A title=Wimblees@aol.com =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 15, 2002 =
1:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> speaking of damper
problems</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Before I put the tray back in, are there any =
ideas,
thoughts, suggestions that might help solve this problem. <BR><BR>Wim
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