<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Jerry, David,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I thought of adjusting the spoons, and perhaps that might have been a better idea.  Spoon bending has never seemed extremely accurate to me, though, and no matter how hard the wood is, I always have this little fear o= f hearing a "crack!"  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bill Spurlock's damper jig would have worked well to regulate the spoons.  Next time I may try it that way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Using the tray as a guide seemed like a quicker fix at the time, and in= the end it worked out pretty well.  Adjusting the spoons may have requ= ired removing and replacing the action many more times than I had to do it, thoug= h I would have kept the factory regulation in place...dang, those guys are good!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The store manager tried the piano; he was pleased with the result.&nbsp= ; I was too, though we tend to be protective about the work we do on pianos, n'est-ce pas?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The true test will be whether or not the customer who complained about = the touch comes in an lays out the cash for it....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It was a 186 Seiler.  The friction was fine.  I had checked i= t previously.  Seiler actions tend to be heavy.  I've seen a few of = the 180s that have had graphite related pinning problems, but not in this case.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the suggestions,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave S.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The whole operation took meIn a message dated 7/28/05 12:06:03 PM Pacif= ic Daylight Time, emailforjc@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000080 size= =2> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dave,</SPAN></F= ONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You raise some interesting questions.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a questi= on. If you only wanted to delay the damper lift, why didnā€™t you adjust th= e spoons? Then there would have been no change in damper regulation (twist etc.), capstans or sostenuto. If the result was not good, you could bend them bac= k. Just wondering.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Setting the lif= t at 2/3 hammer travel seems a bit far. One possible negative. The piano might sound a little dry (less resonant), because the damper is stopping the str= ing sooner as the key is released. I have heard this complaint from pianists w= hen the damper timing is set late. Perhaps a Seiler has so much resonance that= this is no problem.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are so ma= ny discussions on this list about weight, but the issue of checking damper ti= ming rarely comes up. Yet it has a big influence on the apparent weight. Iā= €™m glad to hear you are trying this. Have others tried the piano since your adjustments? How to they like the results? Keep us informed.</SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>