<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Did a full damper regulation on a little trashy 1985 Conn console yesterday (first time on an existing action - = I've done it several times as part of an action rebuild - way easier when you are = starting from scratch). I'm so proud of myself! I think it would be easier to = design a new piano! It was a teacher's piano and she said that the = dampers had never worked right - jeez-oh-petes - when depressing the sustain pedal, the = bass dampers were an inch off the strings before the treble dampers lifted, = and on most notes, the spoon engaged the damper lever right at the start of the = key stroke - she also commented that the action was heavy. I know I didn't = get it to concert-level accuracy, but the whole system ended up pretty darn = functional and in the right ballpark. She gave it a try afterwards and remarked that it = was now doing what it should.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My question is this: how does one go = about bending damper-head wires on verticals without trashing the = hammer-butt springs - not that I disturbed a single one of course - but I can see = the potential to do that.   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>