<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Chuck,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As an alternative:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If there are only a few damper wires that buzz on the strings you may consider removing the bushings of the offenders, plugging the holes with a dowell and redrilling so the holes are correctly aligned. Mazzaglia Tools <A href="http://www.geocities.com/mazzaglia_tools/">http://www.geocities.com/mazzaglia_tools/</A> has a nice tool to help locate the new hole where you want it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=452093815-27022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Gene</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Christus4@aol.com [mailto:Christus4@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 27, 2003 05:16<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Moving damper guide rail<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi guys, <BR>If anyone has an idea of how much time might be involved with the actual job of moving the guide rail 2mm or so to the left and then regulating the dampers again from scratch, I'd appreciate it. <BR>(Didn't mean to start a discourse on irregular manufacturing processes, although that information is also interesting and informative. :>) <BR>As always, I appreciate the combined wisdom of the collective. <BR>Thanks, <BR>Chuck</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>