<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wim:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Do you actually take them into the shower and soak = them from above???  Doesn't that do a number on the finish?  It would = make me a bit nervous that way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> May 05, 2002 6:42 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Damper felt = removal</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 5/5/02 7:40:45 PM !!!First Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><A = href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > Hi list, <BR>> > What is = everyone's favorite damper felt removal process.I know this <BR>> > was = metioned not long ago,but my memory is even shorter. <BR>> > Thanks, = <BR>> > Hazen Bannister <BR>> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Hazen = <BR><BR>This was a subject that was prompted by my story of how I dropped a set of = dampers, without first numbering them. <BR><BR>My method is to take them in the = shower and soaking the felts with hot water. Wait about an hour, and the = felts just drop off. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>