Damper lifter

[James Grebe]

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> From: Ted Simmons <ted@palmnet.net>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Damper lifter
> Date: Thursday, April 17, 1997 10:32 PM
>
> Hi List,
>    Today I tuned a Wurlitzer G-461 grand which, besides needing tuned,
also
> needed damper sustain work.  This Wurlitzer was built by Young Chang and
> has a different type of damper lifter mechanism than what I am used to.
> There is a large flange at each end of the lifter bar and the flanges are
> pinned.  The problem is that the pins have worked out and the lifter rod
> doesn't move when the pedal is depressed.  The pedal adjustment is not at
> fault; it is adjusted with very little lost motion.  I spent an hour
trying
> to install new center pins with no success.  I finally realized that the
> lifter rod mechanism had to come out for me to do the repair.  A close
look
> told me that in order to remove the mechanism I would have to loosen and
> remove each and every damper wire, then remove the sostenuto blade.   I
> called YC and they suggested running a long philips screwdriver down
> between the strings to loosen the flange screws.  That was impossible.
> There is no room above the flange screws to get anything in there.  If
any
> of you have solved this problem without the involved method described
> above, please let me know.
>
> Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL
>
> Dear list,
I have run in to this same problem on a Kawai grand.  The only way to the
center pin flange in the damper tray hold on is in the back behind
everything.  I left the job for someone else.
James Grebe
oianoman@inlink.com