<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>And I would have to bend the spoons to meet the lever. I figured = putting new springs and felt on the old levers would be no more difficult than = bending damper wires and spoons (and least for me!). Plus, I would save $160 = bucks in the process, less the cost of a little action cloth and = springs in the process (it more a matter of principal than efficient economics - = because I am not charging the client for the lever rebuilds). I did put a new flange = from Schaff on a lever and it moves the whole thing over quite a bit - the = reason I tried it was that it did not look all that different, but when you = actually try to line things up, it was off quite a bit. Thanks anyway, plus I need = the experience at all these little procedures. I've got some old pianos = waiting for rebuilding, and I know that many of the action parts will need to be = rebuilt, rather than replaced, because replacements are not available.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 26, = 2001 9:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Damper Lever = Rebuild (tad long)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 9/25/01 11:28:01 PM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">To address Wim's comment to replace flanges with = <BR>spring - the flanges I have found have an off-centered rail screw hole - I = <BR>need hole in middle of flange - besides, I kinda want to do this so that = I <BR>have done the whole thing for experience. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I = can understand the experience thing. Good luck. I hope you learn a lot = from this. As far as the off center hole is concerned, I don't quite understand. = The damper flanges I have seen have the hole in the middle. But even if = they are off centered, you can use them, but then adjust the damper wire to = move the damper head over to the string.   <BR><BR>Wim <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>