[pianotech] Faulty sostenuto tab

[Kent Swafford]

I have seen this, just as Jerry said. Although, I have found that a spring that has slipped off once can slip off again. I suggest a tiny spot of glue to coax the spring into staying put.

Kent Swafford


On Jan 17, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Jerry Cohen wrote:

> Lim,
> 
> I just worked on an S from 2003 that had about 30 tab springs that seemed to be missing.
> Actually they were not missing. The end of the spring that you see on the good ones had slipped to the side.
> With a thin bent tool I was able to fish out the end and snap it onto the front. Because I had to do 30 of them, I quickly deveoped
> a technique to find the end and snap it to the front.
> 
> I thought I would never need the technique again. Maybe there is a virus going around!
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Jerry Cohen, RPT
> NJ Chapter
> 
> 
> From: "limhseng at gmail.com" <limhseng at gmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:20 PM
> Subject: [pianotech] Faulty sostenuto tab
> 
> hi
> I thought this 'D' model tab is sluggish initially but couldn't feel the spring under the tab. Used a mirror and light but still no spring. What could have happen and how can I repair it? It doesn't seem to have individual damper lever flange screws.
> Thanks!
> Lim
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