<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>I restored one of these a = couple of years ago, and recently went back to tune it.  I noticed the damper heads = are all askew and have been thinking about how to fix this.  The damper = wires are screw-threaded at both ends; that is, into the top flange on the bottom = and into the head on top, so they're free to rotate and don't stay aligned to the = strings.  I hesitate to do anything that would permanently lock = them in place, like gluing them, which would make it difficult for the next = rebuilder to deal with.  Anyone have any suggestions for this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I agree these were nicely built = pianos, but the tone on the one I restored is weak and antiquated, like pianos built in before 1860, especially in the high = treble.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Larry Lobel<BR>Virtuoso Piano Service<BR>Petaluma, California 94952  USA</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">(707) 762-5800 or (707) = 529-9676</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>