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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span class=EmailStyle16><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font></span><span
class=EmailStyle16><font color=black><span style='mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt'>I’m
sure something similar has happened to everyone on the list.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I noticed one damper had a long
after-ring, so tried to bend it up, down, sideways, etc., to make it contact
the strings better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No dice.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Had to pull the action.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is one of the dampers right
against a plate strut, with the long right-angle bend before the damper wire
goes down the guide hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Anyhow,
pulled the damper, made what I thought was the necessary bend, and of course
the damper head comes loose from the wire, even though I was holding it tightly
in place with parallel pliers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Had
to plug the hole with a toothpick splinter and tap the wire back into the hole
with a small punch, then add a drop of CA glue.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Then put the damper back in the underlever, regulated,
re-installed the action and tried it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Still rings.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>By now probably 15 or 20 minutes have
elapsed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Yes I have the tool that
enables bending it side to side with the damper in place.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No dice.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Still rings.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Pull the action and damper again, try squeezing the felt to
make it settle down farther into the strings, reinstall damper, reinstall
action, try again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nope, still
rings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>By now about a half hour
has elapsed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pull action and
damper again, try fluffing up the felt with a voicing tool on the one string
that still rings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Reinstall
everything and try again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Better,
but now the 7<sup>th</sup> partial is too strong.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Try bending forward and back to kill the partial.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No dice.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>This goes on and on for another half hour before I finally
get the damper to satisfactorily dampen that note.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Do I now charge $65 just for adjusting one damper?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>How do I explain this to the customer?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Certainly if I had let it ring, I would
have gotten a call-back about it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span class=EmailStyle16><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:
12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>--David
Nereson, RPT<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font></span><span
class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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