<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#b8b8b8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Great tip!...and an obvious = source for this problem. I'll be sure to check it out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plainview MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:imatunr@primenet.com" = title=imatunr@primenet.com>Joe & Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 05, 2000 = 3:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: D damper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Paul,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If all you did was regulate damper = lift, the damper wire wire <FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3><STRONG>will be riding in a new spot ! Try relocating the damper head before you do = any trimming or changing of the felt.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Joe Goss</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>From:</STRONG> <A = href="mailto:tunenbww@clear.lakes.com" title=tunenbww@clear.lakes.com>Paul</A> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 03, 2000 = 5:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: D damper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the reply. No, I did not = level the strings. Yes, the right string is the one leaking. Before I = regulated the dampers, all of them including this one worked well, just not all at = the same time. I guess I shouldn't anything and recheck everything. = Your tips have given me some direction.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plainview MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:imatunr@primenet.com" = title=imatunr@primenet.com>Joe & Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, = 2000 11:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: D damper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two things, did you level the = strings and did you find that one string was more at fault?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If so the string can be = influenced toward the damper (side ways ) as well as leveled.<BR>Joe Goss</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:tunenbww@clear.lakes.com" title=tunenbww@clear.lakes.com>Paul</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, = 2000 9:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> D damper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conrad and list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you get the tricord damper = on the treble side of the break on That Steinway D to stop leaking? If = so, how'd you do it? I just finished a call on a 1975 D with the = same problem. I tried some alignment and felt straightening = techniques to no avail. It worked properly before, but the customer wanted the = back action regulated to improve uniform damping. Overall the results = were great except for this one damper. What did I miss?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plainview = MN</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY= ></HTML>