How can the damper lift rod be "stiff"? It's supposed to be! It's probably going to be the sustain pedal spring or as Barbara R. suggested the dummy damper! JMO. Avery At 07:32 AM 2/27/2007, you wrote: >If the rod is metal, it'll be difficult to soften it up. High heat >will have some effect. If it is wood, then you are in luck. Boil it >for a while - just 10 or 15 minutes - and it will be limp as a noodle. > > ;-) > >Anon > >----- Original Message ----- > >I was tuning a small no-name console piano, and noticed that the > > sustain pedal was not working properly. Well, the problem is a very > > stiff damper lift rod. I was unable to lubricate it using some liquid > > graphite, and I'm wondering if I need to remove all the dampers just > > to lube to the rod. Does anyone hopefully have a much simpler solution? > > > > Thanks! > > Jim Keaney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070227/99193cc7/attachment.html
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