<WBR>Brian<br> <br> The best way to repair this is to remove the entire damper tray assembly, and remanufacture all the broken parts. Give the customer the option of paying for it, or maybe he can get the movers to pay for it. In any case, do what is necessary to make the proper repair. If no one wants to take pay for it, then so be it.  <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Brian Doepke <bdoepke@verizon.net><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Sat, 31 May 2008 8:36 am<br> Subject: 1929 Lansing B.Grand<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1> <STYLE> @#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} #AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;}#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_878073af-c0c4-4887-822e-b290513574e1 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal>Hello List,</div> <div class=MsoNormal>I have a client, in another town, who has a 1929 Lansing B. Grand that when the mover’s put it in his house, they bent the lyre case backwards…shoving the damper lift rod upwards and snapping the rod where it was attached to the damper tray.  It broke away from the wooden “grommet” attached to the lifter tray.</div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>The tip of the rod is an inverted “L” shape.  For a field repair, I c.a. glued the tip of the rod into the hole left by the screw that held the grommet that was attached to the lift tray. ( I hope that I am ‘splaining this ok”)  </div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>Now, 3 months later, the client calls and asks for another type of repair because he only got “about 2 hours” of playing before the sustain began to malfunction.</div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any ideas for a more permanent repair?  Or how about a clever statement about how his piano is a PSO.</div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>Thank you,</div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><I>Brian P. Doepke, RPT</I></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><I>A.A.A. Piano Works, LLC</I></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><I>Piano Tuning + Service</I></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> </div> </div> <div id='u8CA919BE5319A9C-914-1E0D' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Stay informed, get connected and more <A title="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" target="_blank">with AOL on your phone</A>.</FONT> </div>