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<DIV>"I popped off the lever/flange and repinned and then reglued and
clamped."</DIV>
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<DIV>Glued what? Is this one of the S&S damper underlever systems =
that have
the flanges glued in rather than screwed? How old is the piano? When did =
Steinway use this glued system (range of years)? Doesn't everyone toss =
these and
replace with Renner kit?</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:ilvey@jps.net" title=ilvey@jps.net>David =
Ilvedson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 05, 2001 =
7:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> personal =
discovery</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>So I'm here in the shop finishing up a Steinway =
M. I
noticed a wobbly damper lever (dampers already rough regulated). =
I put
it off until finally I decided I couldn't leave it. I =
pulled the
dampers and the underlever system to fix the
problem. Pinning was loose so I popped off the lever/flange =
and
repinned and then reglued and clamped. I looked at back at the =
piano and
thought..."Hey this would be a good time to finish up the =
let-off!" So I
installed the action and found I was able to align the hammers, do
let-off/drop, level strings and whatever I can think of.
WOW! This is the way to do it if your rebuilding a
grand. Restring, hang your hammers rebuild action, =
whatever
and then regulate the action with the dampers out of the
way. Install your dampers at the end of the job...this is =
probably
common knowledge to everyone except me (and I've thought of it =
but never
actually did it)but if anyone hasn't tried this give it a =
shot!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Ilvedson, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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