Hi Avery: It sounds to me that you did remove the dampers. If you read Don Manino's post you know that this was not necessary. That is water under the bridge now but what I have found in every case of damper lift tray damage was that the sustain pedal upstop capstan located under the key bed was too high allowing the pedal to drive the dampers all the way to the damper upstop rail. This puts a great strain on the damper tray flanges. I have seen one case where the center pin was sheared off with the broken pin left in the birdseye and also in the felt bushing. Might be worth checking. Norm Barrett Avery Todd wrote: > Hi Newton & List, > > Well Newton, you won. Mission accomplished. Boy, you must be fast. But > I guess that's better than halfast like me. :-) > > The problem with the tray "was" that the pinning had been loose in the > birds-eye, allowing the pin to work out and letting the tray flop around. > Almost two hours of work because SOMEONE in the factory didn't pin two > flanges correctly. Of all places to screw that up. :-) > I didn't have to remove the stop rail. Once the four screws into the > back rail, the connector to the sostenuto that comes up through the keybed > and the rod itself were removed, the whole assembly came right out. > A wonderful way to end a week. :-) Thanks for everyone's suggestions. > > Avery > >
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