Puzzler: damper squeek

[David M. Porritt]

David:

My squeak was also a Walter.  Maybe we should tell Charles about
this!

dave

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On 2/23/02 at 3:10 PM David Renaud wrote:

>David M. Porritt wrote:
>  had one of these last week and I still need to get
>> back to fix it.
>> The damper lifter rod is scraping across the tops of
>> the spoons.  Is that what you found?
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>Bingo
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>There is very very little clearence bettween the
>spoons
>and the lift rod. When the rod bushings were new It
>may
>have been ok but with a normal 10 years wear on them
>they have a little bit of play, and the rail scrapes
>the tops of the spoons.
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>Had not seen this one before.
>Perhaps I should I move the rail up 1mm, 
>plug and redrill for the rod hinges, then rebush,
>there a little room to do this 
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>The piano is a Walters upright, havn't seen this one
>in Ottawa before. Nice instrument. Great sounding
>upright.
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>                            Cheers
>                            Dave Renaud
>                            RPT 
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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