Damper Head Refinishing

[Bill Peterson]

I usually clean them, and French polish them.  Bill Peterson----- Original
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From: <bases-loaded@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Damper Head Refinishing


> Hi Terry -
>
> I usually just just clean them and rub them with some polishing compound.
>  I would say 9 times out of ten that is sufficient for the pianos I have
> seen.  It is certainly beneficial to have them on a rack, all lined up
> for easy mass production work.  This would be especially true when you
> have to strip and refinish.
>
> Do you have a rack you put them on?
>
> Mark Potter
> bases-loaded@juno.com
>
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:27:43 -0500 "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> writes:
> > How do you folks refinish damper heads? They are such little buggers.
> > I have
> > just given them a coat of laquer in the past (no stripping), but I
> > am not
> > happy with the results. I can't imagine stripping & staining &
> > clearcoating
> > 60some of those little things.
> >
> > Wadda ya'll do? Thanks.
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> > Piano Tuning & Service
> > Tampa, Florida
> > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> >