[pianotech] muffler rail

[David Nereson]

Yeah, it looks like the muffler rail is upside down.  the aluminum strip
should be on top, and the felt hanging down.
--David Nereson, RPT

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:22 PM, John Ross <jrpiano at bellaliant.net> wrote:

> The spring is hooked in the wrong place.
> The U shaped piece is where the extension from the pedal assembly hooks
> on, not the spring.
> The spring goes into a small hole, sometimes on a metal tab.
> The rail is, as Joe said previously on the wrong side. It should be felt
> strip toward the strings.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
> On 2013-02-06, at 11:05 PM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Joe,
> I hope this pic is big enough, unsure how to enlarge it for now.  I think
> it's the spring on the left in the pic. By examining it, it looks funky in
> the middle.  Plus it will not hold the hook with the red felt in the
> correct positinon.  When I turn it to the correct position, the bracket
> just flips back so that the  hook is pointing in the wrong direction.
> Would a new spring with less stretch in it hold it tighter and in place?
> When I took out the spring, it felt flimsy or whimpy in the middle, like a
> weak slinky.  I don't recall seeing a guid pin on the right but do know
> exactly what you mean.  The problem I ran into was as I mention the hook
> with the felt in it that the rod slpis into wil lnot stay in the correct
> position leading me t o think that the spring is bad. I Hope the pic. is
> big enough.  thanks
> Marshall
>
>
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