If the damper felts are a little noisy that is no doubt why you are getting ringing. Either replace the bass felt or scrub the old ones with a sonic toothbrush. The felt is cheap enough. Replace it. Hammer springs too stiff will also cause your heavy touch. Dislodge the hammer springs and see how that affects it. If you like the results, remove the hammer spring rail, bend the springs down "some", replace the rail, test the results. It's not difficult and the results can be dramatic. Dean Dean W May (812) 235-5272 PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:47 PM To: Pianotech at PTG.org Subject: [pianotech] help needed with Hamilton This is a 40 year old Hamilton. There are two problems. The action is heavy. Everything is regulated the way it is supposed to be. The only thing I can figure out is that the damper springs are too strong. But that leads me to the second problem. Although each note dampens, there is a general after ring in the whole piano. I can get it to stop by putting my hands on the bass string. What I'm afraid of is if I weaken the damper springs, the after ring will get worse. The damper felts are OK, a little noisy, but nothing unusual. I did have to replace one damper flange because the spring had broken due to rust. Any ideas? Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 www.Bleespiano.com <http://www.bleespiano.com/> Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100215/9e9d5fa7/attachment.htm>
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