Damper Tray Problem/missing spring?

[Tom Sivak]

It's not the pedals, since this was happening before the lyre was even attached to the piano.   This would eliminate Joe's suggestion, too.  
   
  I saw no spring, coil or leaf anywhere back there.  I'll look again.  And I'll look to see if I can see somewhere that a spring used to be.
   
  Thanks, this gives me something to look for.  
   
  Tom Sivak

John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> wrote:
  At 5:46 am -0700 6/8/06, Tom Sivak wrote:

>Maybe is there a spring missing that I don't know about? Should 
>there be a spring that holds the tray in the downward position that 
>perhaps has come off sometime during the restringing, etc.?

Can't remember how M&H do it but it would be normal to have either a 
strong coil spring in the centre of the tray (like Steinway) or else 
a strong leaf spring secured to a block screwed to the key-bottom and 
pushing down on a leather pad at the treble end. Either way you 
should be able to see where something's missing.

Are you missing a coil spring underneath between the key-bottom and 
the lever the pedal rod raises? It sounds as if the weight of the 
pedals is pushing the lever up and you have missed the spring there.

JD



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