<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Perhaps some material needs to be removed.  I've had to do this.  I took a rat tail file and twirled it lightly in the guide bushing cloth and removed a small amount of material (threads).  One must be careful--it's possible to grab the whole bushing!  Then I took a spare damper wire, heated it and ironed the hole.  Next I treated the cloth with Protek.    I had thought of using VS Profelt, but I didn't want to go through the swelling and shrinking thing and having to drive 40 miles to come back and check to see if everything was working.  BTW, it's possible to listen for the amount of friction in damper guide rails--well, you can hear it in a quiet environment.  Have a listen...  <br><br>Barbara Richmond, RPT<br>near Peoria, Illinois<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "martin cipolla" <pianodoctor@msn.com><br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:07:07 PM<br>Subject: [pianotech] Suggestions for sticking dampers<br><br> <style></style> The Piano is a Steinway M.  Perhaps 40 years old.  Sticking dampers are a reoccurring problem.  I have eased the damper holes,<br>and used 0000 steel wool on the damper wires and still the dampers stick with any major weather change.  For some reason the<br>customer is not interested in a Damp Chaser being put on the instrument.  I can use some suggestions on a fix that would be<br>longer lasting.  HELP !!!<br><br>MARTY<br> </div></div></body></html>