---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 Jerry, David, =20 I thought of adjusting the spoons, and perhaps that might have been a bette= r=20 idea. Spoon bending has never seemed extremely accurate to me, though, and= =20 no matter how hard the wood is, I always have this little fear of hearing a= =20 "crack!" =20 =20 Bill Spurlock's damper jig would have worked well to regulate the spoons. =20 Next time I may try it that way. =20 Using the tray as a guide seemed like a quicker fix at the time, and in the=20= =20 end it worked out pretty well. Adjusting the spoons may have required =20 removing and replacing the action many more times than I had to do it, thoug= h I =20 would have kept the factory regulation in place...dang, those guys are good= ! =20 The store manager tried the piano; he was pleased with the result. I was=20 too, though we tend to be protective about the work we do on pianos, n'est-= ce=20 pas? =20 The true test will be whether or not the customer who complained about the =20 touch comes in an lays out the cash for it.... =20 It was a 186 Seiler. The friction was fine. I had checked it previously.=20= =20 Seiler actions tend to be heavy. I've seen a few of the 180s that have had= =20 graphite related pinning problems, but not in this case. =20 Thanks for the suggestions, =20 =20 Dave S. =20 The whole operation took meIn a message dated 7/28/05 12:06:03 PM Pacific =20 Daylight Time, emailforjc@yahoo.com writes: Dave,=20 You raise some interesting questions.=20 I have a question. If you only wanted to delay the damper lift, why didn= =E2=80=99t=20 you adjust the spoons? Then there would have been no change in damper=20 regulation (twist etc.), capstans or sostenuto. If the result was not good,= you could=20 bend them back. Just wondering.=20 Setting the lift at 2/3 hammer travel seems a bit far. One possible=20 negative. The piano might sound a little dry (less resonant), because the d= amper is=20 stopping the string sooner as the key is released. I have heard this compla= int=20 from pianists when the damper timing is set late. Perhaps a Seiler has so=20 much resonance that this is no problem.=20 There are so many discussions on this list about weight, but the issue of=20 checking damper timing rarely comes up. Yet it has a big influence on the=20 apparent weight. I=E2=80=99m glad to hear you are trying this. Have others=20= tried the piano=20 since your adjustments? How to they like the results? Keep us informed. =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/71/11/06/2f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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