<HTML><HTML>Greetings,              Cab= le Nelson spinet with  drop action has dampers that ring when the key i= s played. I tried bending the dampers a bit forward as a quick fix for the i= nevitable; either new damper springs or re-tensioning the springs via messsa= ge; putting a curvature back in the springs by tenderly bending/messaging th= em while the action is inside the piano.             &nbs= p; Which is better to do; re-tension the springs outside the piano (ooo, my = back, alot of bending over) or removing the action and doing the same thing = OR removing the action and just replacing those springs?             &nbs= p; On another line of thought, what could be some other causes that this pro= blem exists? When I push slightly on the strings the damper does not "hug" o= r follow the string. This indicates to me that the spring tension is weak, b= ut could somehing else be wrong that imitates the symptom of the damper not = "hugging"/ following the string? Julia Gottchall, Reading, PA</HTML>