noisy dampers (wires)

[Jon Page]

At 09:38 PM 01/30/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Jon,
>
>This is something I have never done, but I service a 1987 Kawai grand with 
>the same
>problem.  How long does it take to remove all the dampers, polish the 
>wires and get
>them back together and regulated properly?  All I did was CLP the guiderail
>bushings, which did indeed improve the situation about 80%.
>
>Regards, Clyde

The main complaint was in the bass and low tenor, that's all I did,  a few 
at a time
and reinstalled rather than having them spread out.
With tuning and top action regulation it took about 3.5 hours.

Regards,
Jon



>Jon Page wrote:
>
> > The piano was a 'new' gray market Kawai ...[snip]
> >
> > The wires had an oxidation which dragged through the guide rail 
> bushing...[snip]
> >
> > Cleaning & polishing the wires, lubing the guide rail bushings, felt 
> prep and
> > wire bending brought the dampers back to functioning properly.