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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ran into that exact problem a couple =
of months
ago. I, too, assumed the lifter rod bracket. Pulled the =
action, no
that wasn't it. I put it back in, and thought for a little bit, =
pulled it
back out and looked at everything closely and found it. Split about a =
foot on
the teble end, but enough so that the higher dampers wouldn't =
lift.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary Mc</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" =
title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org"
title=Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 03, 2001 =
2:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Here's a weird =
one</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>A blind =
tuner called me
to help him repair, what he thought, was a broken damper lifter rod =
bracket.
(just what we've been talking about). When I inspected the action, =
however, it
wasn't the damper lifter rod that was the problem. The symptoms were =
almost
the same, in that when you push on the pedal, the dampers wouldn't =
move. Since
he couldn't see, he assumed it was the lifter rod. <BR><BR>This is a =
Pratt
Read console, with plastic damper flanges. (they are OK). The problem =
was a
split in the action rail. The action rail holds the hammer and wippens =
flanges, as well as the dampers and the damper lifter rod. I had =
always
assumed it was a sold piece of wood. But apparently, it is two pieces =
of wood
glued together. And what happened was that the glue dried out. As a =
result,
the action rail split, length wise, from the treble to about a foot =
from the
bass. <BR><BR>The repair was easy. I removed all the dampers and the =
lifter
rod, as well as 4 pairs of wippens. I put the action in a cradle, and =
with the
action laying flat, (so that the groove for the lifter rod faced up), =
I poured
super glue in the split, clamped it and kicked it. After a few =
minutes, I took
off the clamps, and reinstalled the parts. Problem solved <BR><BR>Wim
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