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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello List,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p 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”) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Brian P. Doepke, RPT<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>A.A.A. Piano Works, LLC<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Piano Tuning + Service<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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