Lindner pianos

[NPT tuner]

Hi all.

I'm new to this forum, so I hope I've got this right. I've been asked to repair a Lindner upright. Some damper springs need replacing and I am at a complete loss as to how to remove the dampers. I've been a qualified tuner/ repairer for 25 years now and I've never seen anything like this.

Can anyone help?

[Colin Nicholson]

Personally.... they are a pain in the proverbial 'butt' !!
All the flanges (inc hammers, dampers & levers) are snap-on, rather like a crocodile's mouth with a small metallic strip inside acting as a spring. Chances are, if you try to squeeze the 'mouth opening' - they just break! .... and you cant get the bits anymore.... unless someone can pipe up.

Someone a few years ago wanted to sell one to me - but I ended up buying just the hammer heads for 10 quid! After a closer inspection of these flanges, I found out that if you remove the left or right hand action bracket (and hammer rest rail etc).... the flanges should just slide off - like an abacus.... but DONT try to pull them off! You might find it will be better to do this in a workshop, and possibly align each flange centre with marker pen on the aluminium rail.... so to get to say, Middle C's damper, you'll need to slide off the first 39 dampers.... same applies to hammers & levers.

Hope that helps. and make sure you charge extra!

[Barrie Heaton]

Personally.... they are a pain in the proverbial 'butt' !!
All the flanges (inc hammers, dampers & levers) are snap-on, rather like a crocodile's mouth with a small metallic strip inside acting as a spring. Chances are, if you try to squeeze the 'mouth opening' - they just break! .... and you cant get the bits anymore.... unless someone can pipe up.

Colin, Vernon Sells replacement parts see piano parts link to the left

To NPT tuner the snap on parts tend to snap and the nylon pats tend to be very brittle theses day myself I would not bother more trouble than they are worth now

Barrie

[Colin Nicholson]

I nearly mentioned Vernon's name... as re a post once in the tech section.... but I didnt want to be too presumptious. I think I have a couple of hammer snap on flanges, but would take some searching for!

I still have most of the hammer heads - and they are not a bad tone! .... just the rest of the mechanism. I wouldn't get too involved in this damper spring issue.... more trouble than its worth, and one day, if the keys have those snap on chasings - time to run with your money!!

[NPT tuner]

hi there.

Thanks for your helpful reply.

It looks like the damper flanges have split and therefore the springs have just popped out, so it looks as though I'm going to have to give up on this one, but thanks again anyway. At first I thought the damper springs had broken and thought it would be no problem to replace them, but as it's the flanges themselves that have split.........I think I'll give Lindner pianos a miss next time.

[Colin Nicholson]

As one last resort, you could always do what Steinway do to their grand damper flanges (depending on the model) .... and thats glue them in for good. Or perhaps 'rob' one or two from the extreme bass, and change the felt...... but in most cases, it the viking's funeral - just like the action I took home!!

[vernon]

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