At 18:53 -0500 9/1/08, Phil Bondi wrote: >John, is there any trick to removing the damper section to tune? It >looks like it's pretty straight forward..but again, this is my >first..so be gentle with me..! Just take out the two screws holding the bar and lift out the whole damper action -- but have a look how the the lift rail is fixed first. It is certainly easier to tune without the dampers if you can focus your hearing but most full-time tuners I know use a Papps wedge, as I do myself, and provided the light is good, it is hardly any worse than an under-damper action to find the way through. The older pianos have the note names written in ink on the wrestplank. I must admit I tuned my latest Kirkman without the dampers in, but then I don't class myself as a tuner. JD
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