Tight Damper Flanges

[antares]

At Steinway (Hamburg) they use a very small handmade drill. It is basically
a 'nandle' (is that correct?) with a drill the right size, a kind of reamer,
to enlarge the hole a bit.
It works very fast and we then don't have to file the damper wires etc.




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from

Antares,

Amsterdam, Holland

"where music is, no harm can be"

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> From: Bigeartb@AOL.COM
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:00:14 EST
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Tight Damper Flanges
> 
> 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.
>