<html> At 10:23 PM 01/25/2000 -0500, you wrote: ><< From:    harlip58@yahoo.com (Cameron Jacobi) > I recently tuned a very poor quality Hyundai grand > piano.  I have been servicing this particular > instrument for about five years now, and find that it > develops new inexplicable symptoms all the time - the > most recent is that the bass dampers, while > technically, fine(they are not worn out or out of > position) simply don't dampen the sound well, after > the notes are played.  When I press down on them with > my hand, the sound stops more effectively.  What can > be done about lousy dampers, in a generally lousy, but > fairly new instrument? > ___________________ >> > >The problem is that there is not enough weight on the damper lever to pull >the damper down on the string. If you take out one of the levers, see if >there is room to add another lead weight. Chances are there is not, so there >is really nothing that can be done to solve this problem. It is an >engineering problem. But don't expect the company to help you. One possible >solution, (one that I heard about on the list), is to add a fishing weight >(the kind you clamp to a fishing wire to help the lure sink), to the damper >wire. This will give the damper lever/wire enough weight to help the felts do >their job. > >Willem Blees > Quick fix. Looks bad. Next tuner/tech will expound on your defences. Add assist springs. Calibrate to the guideline in the Renner USA Underlever Replacement Kit. Accept no substitutes, </html>