<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JWyatt1492@AOL.COM href="mailto:JWyatt1492@AOL.COM">JWyatt1492@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Chickering = Dampers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hello Dick, = <BR><BR>Dick, do yourself a favor, the piano a favor, the owner a favor and future = technicians a favor with the following procedure. <BR><BR>Unscrew the damper wires = from the underlevers. <BR><BR>Beef up the underlevers at the top where the = wires go in with thin CA glue. <BR><BR>Bore the damper wire holes slightly = larger. <BR><BR>Drill a hole in front of the underlevers, then install a set = screw, (upright damper block set screw). <BR><BR>Install damper wires, = setting them in the normal fashion, then tighten set screw. <BR><BR><BR>Jack = Wyatt</FONT> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Jack, = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Question on this = method. Do you need to install a collar in the damper lever to accept the = screw, or is the screw threaded into the wood directly ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     Thanks as always,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>