<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.5726" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marshall,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I for got to ask, does that damper lift with the foot pedal with the other dampers/  If not be sure to make it consistent with the damper wire.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>William</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tomgorley88@sonic.net href="mailto:tomgorley88@sonic.net">Tom Gorley</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 9:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] tool question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Marshall, Tell us that you   a. added lost motion to the bass sustain pedal.  Or <DIV>         <SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>   b. removed the bass sustain stick.      Or</DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>   c. pressed down on the metal damper lifter rod to check for sticking at the hinges.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Make sure you checked there before you mess around with spoons.  Then, if you still have the problem we can offer other suggestions.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>--- Tom Gorley </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Marshall Gisondi wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: medium Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">just won't dampen unless I lift the bass sustain,</SPAN></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>