This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Richard B You wrote: "Here's a cute idea. Works great too... and the bendable damper wire is = out of the equation with this flange.... fwtw. Notice each flange has = two screws, tightening on more then the other tilts the flange in that = direction."=20 Yes - this two-screwed damper flange is quite novel - though very old. = Similar in concept to Bechstein floating touch block in their old = grands. One of my schools has a Richard Lipp (Nr.28370 =3D November 1908 = ) upright with the damper adjustment identical to your excellent photo. = The action of that piano is in a very sorry state and the school, being = a State School, has no money available to have the piano overhauled. = Only tuned once a year it was in a remarkable state of tuning this time = round. But the kids have yanked a hammer head off and kicked in the = knee-board as well as removing most of the ivory heads. Yuk! Regards Michael G (UK) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c8/4c/6e/e9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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