I tuned this instrument and all was well, i.e. no damper problems whatsoever. About a week later my customer had a neighbor come over to help her install rubber cups under the front legs. She called me almost immediately complaining about the dampers leaking. I went over and sure enough there they were. I have done everything that I can think of except for replacing the dampers with a new set including, checking damper spring strength, damper alingement, removing the action and tightening all action screws , roughing up the damper heads etc. From the outset if I press on the bass strings the dampers follow as they are supposed to do and if I place my had on the bass strings the sound stops. I also checked for case geometry as best I could , all seems to be in order . I have spen mucho hours on this problem and am convinced that ther is a causual relationship between the installation of those cups(perhaps the neighbor lifted up on the front of the keybed causing a shifting of the case in some way which caused these dampers to malfunction? I am reluctant to replace the dampers until I get some input from someone who may have had a similiara experience. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks Richard Winchell, Assoc. Dennis, MA
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