<!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 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>OK, I've now been stumped twice on this particular problem by two fairly new Korean grand pianos.  I'm convinced the problem is the underlever, but cannot get the XW#@ things out to rebush and repin them.  The last time, I was able to unscrew the offender and bring it forward (but not all the way out of the damper underlever system) enough to douse it with lubricant.  And it worked wonderfully for about two weeks - but just got the email this morning that it is sticking again.  Help please on how best to go about getting these little devils all the way out of the piano to correctly deal with them.  Please don't tell me that I'm going to have to remove the entire damper system...<BR><BR>Rick Bazemore, RPT<BR>Social Circle, GA<BR>www.pianosintune.com <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick,</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    What kept the thing from coming out?</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Your removed the damper wire from the lever I assume and you said the flange screw came out.</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I'm having trouble picturing this one. Any more info?</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Thanks and best wishes,</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>