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<DIV>Richard brings up an interesting point, and one that I felt that =
was
missing from this discussion; damper timing. I think that before you go =
to the
trouble of regulating damper springs, you had better regulate the spoons =
first.
I've seen situations where the touch was VERY uneven, until the spoons =
were
regulated. Trouble is, everybody seems to hate doing that so much that =
it's
usually the last thing that they try. After that, I would put the action =
in a
cradle, pop the springs out to the side, and see how they line up. The =
really
strong ones should stick out further than the rest. Am I all wet? Come =
one guys,
let me have it. I'm a big boy.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 27, =
2001 8:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: vertical damper
springs</DIV>
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<P><A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT =
color=#000000><FONT
size=-1>This goes to show, that you learn something new everyday =
on
Pianotech. After</FONT></FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=-1>25 years in the business, I honestly =
had never
heard of adjusting damper</FONT></FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT =
face=Arial><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=-1>spring tension to adjust touch on a =
vertical.
Thanks for the information.</FONT></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=-1>Willem</FONT></FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>Grin... ok... =
now I know
something is amiss... obviously a failure to communicate... we are not =
useing
the word Touch in the same way... something... In anycase lets get on =
the same
track so'st , we can clear this up ok Wim ?
<P>By way of example... you are in aggreement that if the damper =
return spring
is like wayyyy strong this is going to be easily felt by the fingers, =
and that
conversly being set as weak as possible will feel like a big =
difference. ??
<P>Related.... we are also in aggreement that the sooner the damper =
spoon is
set to come into contact the more apparent the above is ??
<P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A
=
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u=
ib.no</A>
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