<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff>I had a customer piano with the same trouble exactly. As I recall, the felt was part of the problem and yours looks suspicious, too. I replaced it with a good woven action cloth. <BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Farrell <MFARREL2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 09/02/2006 11:13:05 AM<BR>Subject: Damper Lever Felt Excavation<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><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:image0005.jpg@38962.4827421412.672" 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:image0006.jpg@38962.4827421412.531" 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:image0007.jpg@38962.4827421412.471" 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:image0008.jpg@38962.4827421412.959" 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></DIV></BODY></HTML>