Loose damper lever weights

[Jon Page]

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A similar tool could be fabricated with a set of parallel pliers.

Jon Page

At 11:24 AM 10/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:

>Here's a tool you can make for this job.  (Sorry, I don't know who
>originated this tool, but the first time I saw this was in RPT Dan Harteau's
>toolkit.)
>
>Start with a pair of key-easing pliers (Renner #1616, "keyboard squeezing
>pliers") with the upturned jaws that move parallel to each other.  Drill and
>tap a hole in each jaw for a common machine thread of your choice (8-24, or
>metric).  Insert set screws into these holes with the points facing each
>other, and protuding beyond the inside faces of the jaws.  Now you can grab
>the lead weights and squeeze without having to remove the damper
>underlevers.
>
>It is possible to use ordinary round- or pan-headed machine screws cut to
>size, but sometimes the heads are just a little too thick to fit between the
>underlevers.
>
>What used to be a long job laced with plenty of cusswords now takes as
>little as 15 minutes, if that.  It is now possible to "squeeze in"  any/all
>loose damper leads along with any other last-minute emergencies that have a
>habit of turning up just as time for the service call is running out.
>
>Z! Reinhardt  RPT
>Ann Arbor  MI
>diskladame@provide.net
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 6:52 AM
>Subject: Loose damper lever weights
>
>
>Friends,
>
>I ran into a problem this week that I haven't encountered before.  The
>piano is a 1988 Wurlitzer grand model G-552.  In the process of tuning I
>noticed that for three keys two dampers would lift at the same time.  I
>pulled the action out, and the lead (?) weights closest to the keyboard
>were loose in those three damper levers and had fallen against their
>next-door neighbors, which caused the problem.
>
>What is the most efficient fix?  There has been some discussion of
>pliers recently, and at first I thought maybe it was about this exact
>problem, but I think there's not enough room to get a pliers in there.
>
>What I will do unless someone has a better idea:  Remove the sostenuto
>rod, then for each problem key loosen the damper wire and pull it out,
>remove the damper lever assembly and glue in the weight, then
>replace/regulate as needed.  I'm not eager to do this, since getting the
>flange screw back in has been a source of frustration for me in the
>past, but I can do it if that's the best way.
>
>Help?  Comments?
>
>Regards,
>Clyde Hollinger

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