<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've seen this kind of damper levers = recently, I think it was on a pleyel grand dating from the late 1960's.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Arnold, you said that it is a good = thing and that it should be used as standard. Can you tell us more about = it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isn't it more difficult to have an = excellent damper lift (a damper that lifts without going to the left or to the right)?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the damper is in place, but = without the wire screwed in the damper lever, I like to visually check for proper = alignement between the damper wire and the lever hole (or lever = screw).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That way I'm pretty sure that the = damper will lift without having a lateral movement.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would find it difficult to check = it the way I do if the lever has this kind of configuration.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bye,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>