M&H damper spoons update

[Tvak@AOL.COM]

Thanks to all for the suggestions on regulating the damper spoons on the 
Model 50 M&H console.  Just a reminder;  the problem was this vertical had a 
sostenuto pedal, with each damper lever having a sostenuto wire extending 
downwards over the spoons, making it extremely difficult to regulated the 
spoons in the piano.

Ultimately, it was Bill Bremmer's suggestion, reprinted below that solved the 
problem.  

<<<If it comes down to having to adjust the spoons, *carefully* use the 
"quick & 
dirty" method to adjust just one spoon, say for the note at the end of the 
middle section.  Now remove the action and place it in a cradle if you have 
one.  Get a wedge of wood, about the same size as a tuning mute (but use hard 
material like wood, not a soft mute).  Lift the damper rod and place the 
wedge under it.  Find the point on the note you have already adjusted where 
the damper lever and the hammer move at exactly the same time as you lift the 
wippen with your fingers.  Put the wedge in more or pull it out to find this 
exact spot.

Now, the wedge will hold the damper rod at the place where you can adjust all 
of the other spoons similarly.  It should take just a slight bend inwards.>>>

Thanks to Bill and to all who offered suggestions.   

Tom Sivak
Chicago