[pianotech] Plastic Damper flanges

Rob McCall rob at mccallpiano.com
Mon Jan 2 03:29:13 MST 2012


Greetings and happy new year!

This is from a 1955 Story & Clark console.  Damper flanges are made of extremely brittle plastic. The lightest of touch and they disintegrate in your hands. When I opened the lid on the piano, all the dampers were piled up on top of each other at the bass end. I guess they tilted it when they moved it and the damper flanges self-destructed. 

Fortunately, all the other flanges on the piano are made of wood.

I'm unable to get any specs on the flanges due to the fact that not a single one of them is whole. Best I can estimate, from the best one I could find is that the distance from the center pin to the center of the screw hole is around 15mm, and the spring appears to be about 1" long from it's attachment to the apex of the bend in the spring.

Does anyone have any specs for this?  Or does it look like the standard spinet flange from Schaff, etc. would work?

Also, if anyone has any hints or tips as to how best to sort the pile of damper levers from the mayhem it's in, into the correct order it needs to be in, I'd appreciate it...  and no, they aren't numbered...  :-/

Regards,

Rob McCall

McCall Piano Service, LLC
www.mccallpiano.com
Murrieta, CA
951-698-1875


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