<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body> Calin Tantareanu wrote:<br> <blockquote cite="mid00aa01c40c5a$588de260$850207c3@a" type="cite"> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">What are those strange extensions from the dampers towards the tuning pins?</font></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </blockquote> <br> Those are lifters.  A wooden rod goes down through a metal non bushed hole in the plate... no more then about 3 mm diameter these rods... they end about 5 mm above the keytail felt ( Grin .... thats for Micheal ) and on top there are two felt cushions attached... one to keep the rod from falling through the hole... the other to cushion and meet the underside of these lifers you question about.  So when you play the key, the keytail comes into contact with the bottom of the rod, with nearly immediatly pushes upwards on the lifter which in turn lifts the Dampers....  which themselves are spring actuated...despite the fact that they have the advantage of gravity.  Very lightweight system.<br> <br> btw.. I will put up a few more tunes for you in a couple days... been really swamped lately...<br> <br> Cheers<br> RicB<br> <br> <br> <img src="cid:part1.08040907.09040708@grieg.uib.no" alt=""><img src="cid:part2.00080703.08020909@grieg.uib.no" alt=""><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <blockquote cite="mid00aa01c40c5a$588de260$850207c3@a" type="cite"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Calin Tantareanu<br> ----------------------------------------------------<br>  <a href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.com</a><br> ----------------------------------------------------</font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no" href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Newtonburg</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:02 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Hornung & Møller</div> <div><br> </div> Hi folks<br> <br> Just got done refurbishing the action on this old Danish from 1856. Really neat piano actually.. Note the size and shape of the soundboard. Big sound really... but a strange sensation of sound source direction when playing... you could really hear the right side of the piano as it were.... <br> <br> Probably the nicest sounding square I've run into ever.<br> <br> <br> Cheers<br> RicB<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>