<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Extra Damper Lever Assembly</title></head><body> <div>Joey, Clyde,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Got to thinking more about the actual function/purpose of that lever. It's primary purpose may not necessarily be what I said at all.</div> <div><br></div> <div>More likely on a piano that has this added damper lever, the damper lever lift rod is actually two rods, allowing the bass dampers to be lifted independently.</div> <div><br></div> <div>So maybe this lever's actual purpose is intended to keep the two rods in contact with one another acting as though it were one.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild</div> <div>USA</div> <div><br></div> <div> </div> <div>At 7:02 AM -0500 11/28/03, Clyde Hollinger wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>... How important is this liftrod spring? ...</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br> <blockquote type="cite" cite> Joey Recker wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">... On almost every upright and spinet piano I've worked on...  there is an extra damper lever assembly where the action brackets are.  There is no wire nor damper head/felt attached to the lever, but someone took the trouble to put a lever, and sping there anyway.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Why?</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> Joey, That lever is used to insure the damper lever lift rods are moved away from the damper levers when the sustain pedal is released. ... Keith McGavern</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Registered Piano Technician</blockquote> </blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>