<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Ringing dampers in drop action</title></head><body> <div>Hi Julia,</div> <div>Check to make sure that the spoons are not keeping the dampers off the strings - that would be characterized by very early damper lift from the key.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Respectfully,</div> <div>Jon</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Greetings,</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br>              Cable Nelson spinet with  drop action has dampers that ring when the key is played. I tried bending the dampers a bit forward as a quick fix for the inevitable; either new damper springs or re-tensioning the springs via messsage; putting a curvature back in the springs by tenderly bending/messaging them while the action is inside the piano.<br> <br>            <span ></span>   Which is better to do; re-tension the springs outside the piano (ooo, my back, alot of bending over) or removing the action and doing the same thing OR removing the action and just replacing those springs?<br> <br>            <span ></span>   On another line of thought, what could be some other causes that this problem exists? When I push slightly on the strings the damper does not "hug" or follow the string. This indicates to me that the spring tension is weak, but could somehing else be wrong that imitates the symptom of the damper not "hugging"/ following the string?<br> <br> Julia Gottchall,<br> Reading, PA</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Jon Ralinovsky<br> Piano Technician<br> Department of Music<br> Miami University<br> 513/529-6548</div> </body> </html>