<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Chickering quarter grands</title></head><body> <div>The damper design on these pianos is one of the things I was thinking of when I said they could be hard to work on sometimes.  I recommend putting a small drop of hyde glue on the wire where it meets the damper block.  Not inside on the threads, just a drop on the outside to keep it from wandering.  This is easily reversed.</div> <div><br></div> <div>chris</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Comic Sans MS">I restored one of these a couple of years ago, and recently went back to tune it.  I noticed the damper heads are all askew and have been thinking about how to fix this.  The damper wires are screw-threaded at both ends; that is, into the top flange on the bottom and into the head on top, so they're free to rotate and don't stay aligned to the strings.  I hesitate to do anything that would permanently lock them in place, like gluing them, which would make it difficult for the next rebuilder to deal with.  Anyone have any suggestions for this?</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Comic Sans MS">I agree these were nicely built pianos, but the tone on the one I restored is weak and antiquated, like pianos built in before 1860, especially in the high treble. </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Comic Sans MS">Larry Lobel<br> Virtuoso Piano Service<br> Petaluma, California 94952  USA</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Comic Sans MS">(707) 762-5800 or (707) 529-9676</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>-Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.  <br> -School of Music, Ohio University <br> -Athens, OH  45701          <span ></span>    <br> -mailto:purdy@ohio.edu  <br> -(740) 593-1656 office  <br> -(740) 593-1429 fax</div> </body> </html>