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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those holes in the felt go right down to the damper
lever wood.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spoons after cleaning and polishing.</FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>