<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dave, Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>If either of you (or anyone else) have any = pictures (or could take some) of the over-damper system on these pianos (showing = the basic mechanical setup), I would very much appreciate seeing = them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>(snip)</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Also note the manner in which damper lever = works. Even though this would be an over-damper system, note the direction in = which the spoon lever moves to engage the damper underlever is reversed. = Lowering the spoon position causes the damper to engage sooner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>(snip)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial = color=#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>I worked on an Erard from 1917 = yesterday.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>(snip)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000><FONT face=Arial>Dave Stahl</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>