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Easy Upright Damper Timing Regulation

Updated: Aug 17, 2023

By Kelly Overvold

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Don't give up on the "theoretical spoon bender" lol. On some pianos, I can regulate a set of spoons fairly easily in 15-20 minutes. Other piano's may have spoons that are much more difficult to adjust with the forked tool. In tough cases, the article's approach can be a good alternative for less-stressful adjustment.


The PDF on Vertical Piano Regulation from the Spurlock Specialty Tools website has an excellent discussion on vertical spoon adjustment with the fork type of tool. vreg.pdf (spurlockspecialtytools.com)


If you mark the hammer tails with chalk you can note which ones are early and which ones are late. I use larger or smaller marks to indicate how far off the timing is. Then you can adjus…

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