<!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 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I service a nice August Forster 6'4" = that developed a damper lever squeak.  I finally tracked it down to two levers, = took them off and lubed them.  This piano has a very unique mechanism.  = It has a metal rod like uprights.  The dampers are installed with the = flanges to the front with the rod behind them.  I'm wondering if anyone knows a = way to get the rod out to lube it without having to take all 67 or so dampers = loose.  The rod is mounted on 3 or 4 hinges like the uprights.  There is a = long rail that the damper flanges are all mounted to.  I'm = wondering if the rail can be removed.  I didn't find mounting screws = readily.  Might they be underneath the keybed?  The piano is ok for now, but = I'm thinking ahead.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have sent e mails to their = distributor several times requesting a service manual, but have never received a response.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any assistance with = this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net">ray@bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net">www.ray.bentley.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The difficult, I do right away.  = The impossible takes a little = longer!</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>