<!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 6.00.5296.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Yes, I ran across it. I believe it was from the 70's.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I replaced the worn felts and used my Dremel tool to clean and polish them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Saturday, September 02, 2006 1:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Damper Lever Felt Excavation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just wondering if anyone else has ever run across anything like this. This is from a 30 year-old or so Aeolian spinet. Several keys were getting stuck. It took me a while to diagnose problem - I saw that the jack was getting stuck under the hammer butt. What was actually happening is that the wippen spoon was getting stuck in the hole in the damper lever felt that was dug by the abrasive spoon. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000901c6ceae$ebdd7b70$6400a8c0@Ross" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those holes in the felt go right down to the damper lever wood.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000a01c6ceae$ebdd7b70$6400a8c0@Ross" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spoons after cleaning and polishing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000b01c6ceae$ebdd7b70$6400a8c0@Ross" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used a dremel tool, first with a wheel designed for removing paint, then a rubbery disk that has an abrasive imbedded in it, and then finally with a polishing compound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000c01c6ceae$ebdd7b70$6400a8c0@Ross" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And of course I replaced the damper lever felt. Piano is now as good as, er, a, well, a 30-year-old Aeolian spinet. Gulp!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>