[pianotech] muffler rail

[Richard Gullion]

Hopefully larger...easier to see details

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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:28:31 -0700
From: da88ve at gmail.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] muffler rail

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 RossWindsor, 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


Marshall Gisondi
MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE
215-510-9400

http://www.phillytuner.com 

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