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<DIV>List,</DIV>
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<DIV>Some of you may remember that a few months back I was asked to lighten =
the
action in a Seiler 186 grand. I went about it by raising the damper li=
ft
to occur just before letoff. Instead of getting two bumps--one from da=
mper
lifting underlever and the other from jack hitting button--you get a single,=
more elongated bump. The method I used at that time was raising the dam=
per
wire blocks. It worked quite well, but it required regulating all of t=
he
dampers to lift evenly from the tray as well. The whole thing took aro=
und
2 hours.</DIV>
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<DIV>A couple of days ago, I achieved the same result on an earlier mod=
el
of Seiler (180) by bending the spoons upward slightly. Worked like a
charm, and took about 1/4 the time. </DIV>
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<DIV>I've read opinions about this where some techs say that changing
damper timing "doesn't really lighten the touch, it only gives that
perception." As a piano player, the difference was quite noticeable in=
terms of weight and control. As a tech, I noticed a five gram differen=
ce
when I measured it. </DIV>
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<DIV>The best two features of this operation? 1). It
works 2). It's easily reversible.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"=
>Dave
Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A
href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><=
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