In a message dated 97-04-02 00:54:20 EST, you write: >A good customer's newly rebuilt 1959 Baldwin L has developed a nasty >wooden-sounding tic on the first note in the tenor section, located >somewhere in the damper assembly. (It goes away when the right pedal is >depressed.) The piano has had substantial daily use for about 2-3 months, >since the rebuild, and this problem is new. > > Susan I had a similar problem with a Baldwin F grand. The probelm is the damper head touching the plate when it comes up. You can't see it touching when you just lift the damper up, but when the back of the key drives the damper up, it wiggles from side to side, and that's when it touches the plate. It doesn't move from side to side, as if the bushing is worn out, it turns from left to right. Rebushing the guide rail will not solve this problem. The way I solved the problem was to sand off the side of the damper head. I had to do that, because when I tried to bend the wire, to move the head away from the palte, the damper would not damper the left string. Good luck Willem Blees RPT St. Louis
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