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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is the damper pedal lifting too =
soon?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>James Grebe<BR>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair<BR>Artisan of =
Wood<BR><A
href="http://www.JamesGrebe.com">WWW.JamesGrebe.com</A><BR>1526 =
Raspberry
Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR><A
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 22, 2004 =
11:19
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Ringing dampers in =
drop
action</DIV>
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face=Arial size=2
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PTSIZE="10">Greetings,<BR><BR>  =
;
Cable Nelson spinet with drop action has dampers that ring when =
the key
is played. I tried bending the dampers a bit forward as a quick fix =
for the
inevitable; either new damper springs or re-tensioning the springs via =
messsage; putting a curvature back in the springs by tenderly
bending/messaging them while the action is inside the
=
piano.<BR><BR>  =
;
Which is better to do; re-tension the springs outside the piano (ooo, =
my back,
alot of bending over) or removing the action and doing the same thing =
OR
removing the action and just replacing those springs?
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<BR><BR>  =
;
On another line of thought, what could be some other causes that this =
problem
exists? When I push slightly on the strings the damper does not "hug" =
or
follow the string. This indicates to me that the spring tension is =
weak, but
could somehing else be wrong that imitates the symptom of the damper =
not
"hugging"/ following the string?<BR><BR>Julia Gottchall,<BR>Reading, =
PA</FONT>
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