<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/31/02 6:20:53 PM Central Standard Time, eliotlee1@cox.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The problem is that the bass dampers and tenor dampers lift, but the
<BR>treble dampers do not lift at all when the pedal is pressed. Individually
<BR>the dampers lift with each note being played so I do not think that it was
<BR>the spoons being bent.
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<BR> I removed the damper lift rod and it looks straight.
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<BR>` Any idea what else to look for?
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<BR>Thanks, Eliot Lee
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<BR>I had a Yamaha studio with a similar problem. The piano was banged into a wall, and then the dampers wouldn't work. I found that the hammer rest rail brackets had come out of their respective holes, which caused the hammer rest rail to warp. When I straighten out the hammer rest rail, the dampers worked. I couldn't quite understand how and why straightening the hammer rest rail made the dampers work, but it did. Try it.
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<BR>Wim </FONT></HTML>