puzzler

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

Tom,

No plastic, but that's the only good news.  Recognizing the potential snowball/domino effect, I told her that there would be precious little difference in price between fixing the damper spoon/felt, and a complete action recondition.  Like I said, she chose to shop for a replacement piano rather than fix this one.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@attbi.com>
To: 'Mike and Jane Spalding' <mjbkspal@execpc.com>; 'Pianotech' <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:15 PM
Subject: RE: puzzler


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike and Jane Spalding
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:08 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: puzzler
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> Tom,
> 
> Bingo!!  Dug a hole right through to the wood.  Some kind of corrosion
> formed under the plating on the spoons, and turned them into sandpaper.
> I wouldn't have expected this on the spoons of a regularly played piano
> in a normal climate.  any ideas why the spoons have decayed so
> drastically?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
> Mike,
> My guess is that the spoons were defective from day one. It may
> have taken some time, but a spill or some contamination would probably
> be only on one area, not all the spoons. Kind of a lousy job though,
> getting the old ones out, replacing spoons and damper lever cloth. R and
> R damper levers on and old piano will usually result in poor damping so
> new damper felt and regulation might be necessary too. Classic snowball
> repair! Does this action have any plastic? 
> I hope not for your sake!
> Tom Driscoll 
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