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  • 1.  Console damper rod stabilizer spring replacement

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 21 days ago

    Hello all,

    I frequently find broken damper rod stabilizer springs in cheap consoles from the 60s to 80s. Has anyone had luck replacing these, either by finding a specialist to do it or remanufacturing it yourself?

    I have a picture of an intact spring and a picture of the action showing the broken stem of a broken spring (also showing a broken bracket).



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    Peter Stevenson RPT
    P.S. Piano Service
    Prince George BC
    (250) 562-5358
    ps@pspianos.com
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  • 2.  RE: Console damper rod stabilizer spring replacement

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 21 days ago

    A lot of American verticals with a bass sustain had something like that where the bass damper lift rod over-leaves the treble one. If memory serves they were made with an oversized flange and a modified damper lever with a heavy wire spring that clamps down under the flange screw. You might be able to cadge one from an old defunct piano, or take a good look and it and reproduce it.



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    Steven Rosenthal RPT
    Honolulu HI
    (808) 521-7129
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  • 3.  RE: Console damper rod stabilizer spring replacement

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 15 days ago

    That's a good idea, Steven. I believe that they are often just regular damper levers with no damper wire with an extra-strong spring. It seems that that would be pretty easy to install. I have been in contact with a spring maker, and it would be very expensive to replicate for just a few springs.



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    Peter Stevenson RPT
    P.S. Piano Service
    Prince George BC
    (250) 562-5358
    ps@pspianos.com
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