<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check the position of the foot of the = action bracket to see that it is where it should be.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</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> Thursday, February 06, = 2003 10:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tips on finding = leaking damper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 2/6/03 10:14:09 AM Central = Standard Time, <A href="mailto:pryan2@the-beach.net">pryan2@the-beach.net</A> = writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I have an old, but in good condition, spinet that after = removing the action for minor repair, cannot get rid of a leaking damper = sound when any note is played.  The dampers are in good condition, good = quality felt, all touching where they are supposed to, but something is = ringing very softly.  I've tried all the "tricks" I know with no = solution.  Anyone got an idea that I might try to find this leak?<BR>  <BR>Phil<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I don't know what tricks you've = tried, but are you sure there is enough follow through on all the dampers. It = might be that the pedal might need to be adjusted.<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>