personal discovery

[Farrell]

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"I popped off the lever/flange and repinned and then reglued and =
clamped."

Glued what? Is this one of the S&S damper underlever systems that have =
the flanges glued in rather than screwed? How old is the piano? When did =
Steinway use this glued system (range of years)? Doesn't everyone toss =
these and replace with Renner kit?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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  From: David Ilvedson=20
  To: pianotech=20
  Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 7:30 PM
  Subject: personal discovery


  List,
  =20
  So I'm here in the shop finishing up a Steinway M.  I noticed a wobbly =
damper lever (dampers already rough regulated).  I put it off until =
finally I decided I couldn't leave it.  I pulled the dampers and the =
underlever system to  fix the problem.  Pinning was loose so I popped =
off the lever/flange and repinned and then reglued and clamped.  I =
looked at back at the piano and thought..."Hey this would be a good time =
to finish up the let-off!"  So I installed the action and found I was =
able to align the hammers, do let-off/drop, level strings and whatever I =
can think of.   WOW!  This is the way to do it if your rebuilding a =
grand.  Restring, hang your hammers rebuild action, whatever and then =
regulate the action with the dampers out of the way.  Install your =
dampers at the end of the job...this is probably common knowledge to =
everyone except me (and I've thought of it but never actually did it)but =
if anyone hasn't tried this give it a shot!
  =20
  David Ilvedson, RPT
  =20

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