<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Rick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>You probably have to remove the sostenuto blade.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tunericks@yahoo.com href="mailto:tunericks@yahoo.com">Rick Bazemore</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> 11/10/2006 6:31:39 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Removing Sticking Damper Underlevers on Asian Grands</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>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> <HR SIZE=1> Access over 1 million songs - <A href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/">Yahoo! Music Unlimited.</A> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>