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<DIV><SPAN class=062355013-10112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Rick,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062355013-10112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes,
this can be frustrating. I still remember the first time I had to get an
underlever out. Did you raise the damper stop rail completely up? On some
pianos, one can also remove the damper lifter rail or just unscrew it from one
side to get it out of the way. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062355013-10112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But, I
know you don't want to hear it, but, if you had a problem with one or two notes,
I could bet the problem will come back to haunt you on other notes. It is
sometimes the longer road that brings the best result. Some of these pianos had
plating problems with the center pins and there is only one solution:
repinning. Sorry for the bad news.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062355013-10112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel
Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062355013-10112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part
de</B> Rick Bazemore<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 10 novembre 2006
07:32<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> Removing
Sticking Damper Underlevers on Asian Grands<BR><BR></FONT></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
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