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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tom,<BR>I would suspect some foreign object
somewhere amongst the linkage. Take a bright light with you
<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">Tom
Sivak</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 06, 2006 6:46
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Damper Tray Problem/missing
spring?</DIV>
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<DIV>No, on second thought there are no damper springs. I would have
noticed them when putting the damper wires in. That ain't it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I've got limited time to get this fixed. Let me try again.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Mason AA, total rebuild, now in the process of regulating. Damper
tray won't stay down, in contact with pitman, but hangs in the air, actually
holding the dampers up off the strings. I can push the tray down till it
contacts the pitman and there seems to be very little resistance when doing
so, but it pops back up again, almost like being on a spring. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Maybe is there a spring missing that I don't know about? Should
there be a spring that holds the tray in the downward position that perhaps
has come off sometime during the restringing, etc.? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My knowledge of damper actions is limited, so forgive my maive
question. Not sure how to solve this problem, and it's a big one.
Piano is unplayable with many strings ringing on. (All the dampers
dampen perfectly if I simply hold the tray down and allow them to rest on the
strings like they should.)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Help, please!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>A440A@aol.com</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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Wha'ts up with this? I can't imagine that there actually IS a spring in
<BR>there, holding the tray up. If anything, I would expect there to be a
spring <BR>holding the tray DOWN, allowing it to be lifted by the pedal, and
then return <BR>downward with the aid of a spring.
>><BR><BR>Greetings, <BR>this is a common problem where there are
damper springs in place. If <BR>an axis is shared by the underlever pinning
and the tray pivots, any underlever <BR>springs will try to rotate the tray
upwards. <BR>Are there damper lever springs on this assembly?
<BR><BR><BR><BR>Ed Foote RPT
<BR>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html<BR>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>