<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>The shellac is a great idea, = Rob -- thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Larry Lobel</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu" title=rrg@unlv.edu>Robert = Goodale</A> </DIV> <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> Tuesday, March 12, 2002 = 10:22 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Chickering quarter = grands</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I'm thinking perhaps a few drops of shellac in the = flange/head where the wire goes in might be enough to lock it in.  I've seen = this work very well in other situations.  It swells the wood just a = little bit and then hardens but it won't stick so it is still easily adjustable later.<BR><BR>Rob Goodale, RPT<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR><BR><BR><BR>Larry = Lobel wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="mid:01fa01c1c9de$4a074e40$68d8fc9e@ELNgdbdeanne" type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>I restored one of these a = couple of years ago, and recently went back to tune it.  I noticed the = damper heads are all askew and have been thinking about how to fix = this.  The damper wires are screw-threaded at both ends; that is, into the top = flange on the bottom and into the head on top, so they're free to rotate = and don't stay aligned to the strings.  I hesitate to do anything that = would permanently lock them in place, like gluing them, which would make = it difficult for the next rebuilder to deal with.  Anyone have any = suggestions for this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I agree these were nicely built = pianos, but the tone on the one I restored is weak and antiquated, like = pianos built in before 1860, especially in the high = treble.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Larry Lobel<BR>Virtuoso Piano Service<BR>Petaluma, California 94952  USA</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">(707) 762-5800 or (707) 529-9676</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>