Wurlitzer Damper Springs

Mike McCoy mjmccoy at usa.com
Thu Sep 21 14:26:37 MDT 2006


It's possible the action is not seated properly, or pedal adjustment as 
others have said. Both more likely than springs.

Mike

KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote:
> Greetings,
>  
>            I had a customer this morning that has a Wurly console and 
> a good majority of the bass strings havw extraneous ringing problems. 
> When I press on the string to see if the damper follows or "hugs" the 
> string most do not follow. I am thinkng this piano needs new damper 
> springs. 
>  
>       Question: Would it be easier to replace merely the springs or 
> should I replace the whole damper lever and remount and adjust the 
> heads/felts?  or....is there a quick fix that would effectively solve 
> the problem and buy more time? What would be the most cost effective? 
> Do they even make damper levers to fit this piano anymore? The bridges 
> look  decent, (hardly any / minimal splitting), action parts look 
> good, not dried out, strings are not rusty and the tuning pins are 
> tight. I think it is worth fixing the problem.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Julia Gottshall
> Reading, PA
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