Tommy, New wires really aren't as difficult as you might think. You just have to get then hang of bending (which also isn't as bad as it seems.) I might think more along the lines of buffing. A buffing wheel with extremely fine compound mounted on the bench grinder arbor might do that job although I have to be honest that I haven't tried it. You may still want to mic the wire at different spots to see if it's flared... Allan Allan L. Gilreath, RPT agilreath@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Bigeartb@AOL.COM Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:40 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Tight Damper Flanges Allen: Reiinstalling the old damper wires. There are deep, deep marks from the screws being too tight. I am going to again do a little filing on the indentation and I also wonder if the screws may have "flatten" the round wire a bit at this spot. I will know after a while. I also now wonder since I have screwed up the old damper wires with 0000 steel wool can I salvage these wires and polish up the scratches with the scotch guard ? Thanks Tommy Black Decatur, Ala.
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