Tight Damper Flanges

[Jon Page]

At 06:00 PM 2/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>List:
>Removed dampers on 1910 grand piano.....wires very, very tight in flange
>required gentle twisting to remove....Have filed burrs on damper wires and
>polished wire with 0000 steel wool....damper wire must be forced into
>flange....will be very hard to install the new
>damper.....Help-suggestions-tricks...silicone hole in flange?....wd-40 the
>hole?...proteck the hole?....acetone the hole?....drill out the hole????...a
>great, great  number of these damper wires are too tight. Yes, the screws
>that hold the wires in place are backed out, almost completely.
>
>Tommy Black
>Decatur, Ala.

Don't use steel wool on the wire, it will scratch it. White Scotch-Brite 
and wax (car wax).
Wax the heads too, twice.

Drill the holes larger in the top flange, about .003 larger than the wire.

Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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