[pianotech] London Piano Mfg

[Stan Ragnes]

I thought so to and I have Papps wedge, but I couldn't get it into the strings 
as the damper rod were so high and the muting felt covered all the strings . . . 
go figure.  Stan





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From: John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 4:06:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] London Piano Mfg

At 13:46 -0800 08/01/2011, Stan Ragnes wrote:


> Yesterday, I was asked to tune and repair an older piano...It was made in 
>London and retailed in A R Findlay's music store located on 110 West Nile 
>Street, Glasco, Scotland.  It was lovingly brought over to the US by my client's 
>parents who had had it restrung, repinned and replaced a few dampers.
> 
> [...]
> To perform a tuning, the dampers must be removed.  They rest on top of the 
>action and are engaged when the key goes up and pushes a damper rod located 
>above the action.

To tune an overdamper piano you just get yourself a Papps wedge. Most tuners in 
England use a Papps wedge for the underdamped pianos too.  Nobody removes the 
dampers!

JD



      
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