Tight Damper Flanges

[Farrell]

I've used the buffing wheel many of times. Works great. real fast and a very fine polished surface. Your 0000 steel wool marks will come out in seconds. Only way to do it when the wires are bad in my book. You'd be amazed what you can polish up on the buffing wheel. Plastice keytops come out looking like new. Ivory. Brass. Lyre rods. You name it! Even big ugly plate screws - I polish the heck out of them and hit 'em with laquer - they look like they have been chromed.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan L. Gilreath, RPT" <agilreath@mindspring.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: RE: Tight Damper Flanges


> 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.
>