Thanks Don, The felt isn't that bad. Maybe just a little hard, but not as hard as you might expect. I'll keep your trick in mind! Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Jan 02, 2012, at 08:27 , Don Hubbs wrote: > It can’t be that hard to sort them out. This isn’t a million dollar instrument. A standard flange should fit it. The Pianotech catalog shows them at actual size, so you can just lay the pieces over the picture to check it out. Front to back spacing isn’t real critical, although you may want to check the spoons when you are done. > > Depending on how hard the felt is, you might be better off to put in new. You can also get the grooves out of the flat felts by softening the top layer of old felt with a coarse piece of sandpaper. This will probably salvage the top section. The bass felts will be a lot harder to make align, but you could try it. I sometime use a small round file made for sharpening a chain saw chain to file away the impressions made by the bass string windings. > > I often use a piece of coarse grit on a heavy backing paper to slightly rough up buzzing old treble dampers. Just cut a piece wide enough to span 4 or 5 damper heads, step on the sustain pedal, insert the paper, release the pedal, and scuff it a few times. Works wonders. Klingspor’s is a great source for sandpaper. You can get a 10 pound “Bargain box” of very excellent material for $20 I’m on my third box in 12 years, and I go thru a lot of sandpaper. > > Don Hubbs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120102/dac796dc/attachment.htm>
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