<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/17/01 4:09:54 PM Central Daylight Time, clark@evola.com
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">List: I have been assigned to "recondition" for sale a Sohmer Grand, serial
<BR>#30613, a 5'10" specimen. I pulled the action, and noticed damper flanges
<BR>wobbly. Noticed that they are glued in to the damper tray, and 4 have come
<BR>loose.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> They don't want me to do much to it except make it work, just sell it
<BR>pretty much like it is. Should I remove the dampers, and drill holes to
<BR>screw the flanges in? Any thoughts, because I know that if 4 are loose
<BR>now, when it is sold, I will be the one to go to the customers house to
<BR>glue more in when they come loose.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Give them two options. One, do it "right," which is to remove all the damper,
<BR>reglue the loose ones with super glue, or, as you suggested, drill and
<BR>screws, and then look for other loose ones. The other option is to glue the
<BR>loose ones in the piano, using super glue. Be sure to tell them that you
<BR>can't guarantee that other's won't come loose. (Make sure you make note of
<BR>the ones you fixed.) Then let the customer make the decision.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Also, I noticed that the pin block holes (from underneath) are not
<BR>drilled all the way through the block, except in the mid section, where you
<BR>can feel the dimples where the drill bit came close to going through. Is
<BR>this a normal thing, or has some other tech tried to partially rebuild
<BR>this, and didn't do it right? Should they always be drilled through the
<BR>bottom of the block?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> Clark Sprague</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR>There is nothing wrong with a pin block not drilled all the way through. I
<BR>wouldn't do anything with this.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>