<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> The best way I've found to soften damper felt is to install new ones. But in a pinch, I've had some success with steam to get rid of a slight buzz. Tom Cole gordon stelter wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20041108033044.42734.qmail@web41414.mail.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap="">I just sold someone a very nicely preserved 1951 JC Fischer console ( "American" consoles from the 50's are my favorites !!! ) All in great shape except the dampers, which are rattling on the strings. I vaguely remember "chatter" about softening them instead of replacing them. How is this done? Thanks in Advance, Thump --- Farrell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"><mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">"Still, how about WD40 on hammers - someone?" Likely a great idea - for grand pianos in churches and lounges - might help repel the onslaught of red wine in churches and martinis/beer/etc. in lounge pianos - 'course, maybe martinis in some churches...... As Jimmy Buffet said: "It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday mornin'". Seriously though, anyone that sprays WD40 on a set of hammers should be shot. Terry Farrell </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Thanks for the info - I believe my patient was </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">actually a Cable-Nelson </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">console. And I *swear* I could see where the </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">original screw holes were for a </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">normal hinge. However, the vandal-proof notion </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">helps me make sense of *why*. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">The piano had been in a church for who knows how </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">long. Still, how about WD40 </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">on hammers - someone? Anyone? Beuller? -ilex }-----Original Message----- }From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>]On </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}Behalf Of Tom Driscoll }Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 2:34 AM }To: Pianotech }Subject: Re: WD40 again } } } }----- Original Message ----- }From: "ilex cameron ross" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:i1ex@earthlink.net"><i1ex@earthlink.net></a> }To: "Pianotech" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><pianotech@ptg.org></a> }Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:31 PM }Subject: WD40 again } } }> Another one of my fun appointments this week </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">was an </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}> almost-impossible-to-open upright. Nothing out </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">of the ordinary about this </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}> piano, just your average console. Except that </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">some DEAR soul had for some </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}> unknown reason gone and removed the lid hinges </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">and replaced them with </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}> unbendable thick L-shaped pieces of steel held </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">in place by thick rusting, </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}> stripped, allen-wrench bolts. *frustration and </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">strife* </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}> }> ilex } } Ilex, } The Everett studio "school" pianos have that </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">arrangement to "vandal- </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}proof " the piano. } and the reason that they are stripped is </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">probably from attempts to </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}remove them with an incorrect tool. } I service quite a few of these and have the </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">correct Allen wrench in my </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}kit. } I'm too lazy to go out to the shop to measure </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">but my recollection is </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}that the wrench is 1/4" size } In a pinch you can remove them by inserting </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">the shaft end of your handy </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}hammer (the one that fits into the combination </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">handle) into the bolt as a </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}make shift tool. }Don't make a habit of this as the bolt is a lot </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">harder than the </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">}tool and the }tool will lose the fight. } DAMHIK } Tom Driscoll } } }_______________________________________________ }pianotech list info: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ pianotech list info: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </pre> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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