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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes, there are numerous styles of upright damper spoon
benders, although spinets can be a challenge for all the bending tools
available.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger Gable</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>P.S. Your description of the problem is quite challenging
to understand, but I believe the problem may not the damper spoon but the
damper felt of the adjacent dampers binding against the noted
damper.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com
href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</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> Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] tool question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3
face=Arial>I went to service one of my customers who owns a Gulbransen spinet
piano. one of the dampers in the bass e flat first octave just won't
dampen unless I lift the bass sustain, guessing it's a spoon because a. the
damper acts fine witn the pedal is depressed, and b. when I lift the key, the
damper doesn't lift. I took my finger and flicked the damper and it
appears to have spring tension. So m y question is this are there more
than two types of spoon benders or are there only two out there? I have
one that connects to the combination handle and another that has it's own
handle all one piece flatter design. Do you guys have a easier way to
get at the spoon in a spinet? Thanks</FONT><BR><FONT size=3
face=Arial>Marshall</FONT><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall Gisondi Piano
Technician</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall's Piano
Service</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3
face=Garamond>pianotune05@hotmail.com</FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">215-510-9400</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT
size=3 face=Garamond><A href="http://www.phillytuner.com/"
target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN
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style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for
the Blind <A href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/"
target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver,
WA<BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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