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<BR>Check the hammer rest rail. I had a Yamaha studio with damper problems, and
<BR>couldn't figure out what was wrong, until I noticed that one of the hammer
<BR>rest rail hangers was out of its hole the action bracket. I am not sure what
<BR>effect this had on the dampers, but when I but the hanger back in place, and
<BR>straightened the rest rail out, (the piano had suffered some sort of blow),
<BR>everything worked again.
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<BR>Willem
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<BR>In a message dated 2/5/01 2:32:48 PM Central Standard Time,
<BR>edwithen@oregontrail.net writes:
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<BR>Tuned a Baldwin studio model; about 15 years old. It has been moved
<BR>several times. Not tuned for several years. Tuned up nicely. But...
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<BR>got called back because the bass dampers were not damping the sound.
<BR>Several white key were not being damped after playing. All black keys
<BR>seemed to damp except for D#3. I did some wire bending and got all to
<BR>damp pretty well except for
<BR>G 1. This is the lowest bi-chord on this piano. Could not get it to damp
<BR>at all. Del Fandrich mentioned at a PTG mtg in Portland that increasing
<BR>the mass of the damper by adding some weight could be a help in damping
<BR>problems. Should I explore this???
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<BR>I had hoped (and expected) that the problem would be the adjustment of the
<BR>bass damper pedal. No such luck.
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<BR>The bass dampers barely move off of the string with the pedal, and not much
<BR>better with the key. Movement measures about 1 mm. The lowest dampers
<BR>move more than the upper Bass dampers. The uneveness of this concerns me.
<BR>They should all be about the same for that section of the piano. Obviously
<BR>there is some serious damper adjustment needed.
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<BR>The middle and upper sections of the piano have no problem.
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<BR>And of course it has to be the piano of a friend, and the friend is a music
<BR>teacher. Why couldn't it have been owned by a stranger in a strange land?
<BR>AARRRGGGHHHH.
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<BR>What say ye???
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<BR>Ed Carwithen
<BR>John Day, OR
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