<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>/steinway B - awaiting response from Les, at least</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I think if you look a bit closer to replies Les made to a couple posts,</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">including at least one of mine, he states that it is one damper that is</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">clacking and that it is because the bushing is not able to do its job.</font></blockquote> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>Has it been ascertained that the hole is in the wrong location?</div> <div><br></div> <div>My money is on excessive side pressure.   I was working on a B dampers</div> <div>the other day and the first tenor damper was a bit of a chore to get right.</div> <div>I had to adjust the bends to remove the excessive side bearing, finesse the</div> <div>angle of the head to the top bend adn sand a little off the back of the head.</div> <div><br></div> <div>One thing, while the upstop rail was up, the top-bend hit the strut and clicked.</div> <div>Possibly not what happened this case but something to bear in mind.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>