Damper hitting tine too hard(?)

[CJW78]

Hello everyone, I am new here and new to Rhodes (I just got a 1979 Rhodes mk 1 suitcase yesterday). I am working my way through the bits and pieces that I would like to tweak where possible. On one or two keys, there is a noise that appears when the damper returns to the original position (against the tine), and I am not sure what I need to adjust in order to stop it from happening. I have uploaded a youtube video to illustrate the noise I'm talking about...like a slightly metallic sounding noise when the damper comes back to the tine. Can anyone advise me on what I need to do to make this quieter? It doesn't happen on the majority of my keys. Thanks!

[PeterLaustsen]

I have the same problem and have not yet found a solution...

[steste]

You shoud try to bend the damper leverage or to assest the felt right/left a little or move left/right the position of the tine in relation w the tonebar (few millimeters) or change the damper felt or glue a softer felt or leave this sound as part of an electromechanic beauty (my personal choice on my piano, full of noises and "non perfect non uniform) parasite sound.
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[wurl it up]

"Decades of perfect pure digital sounds dictatorship need a raw revenge" that's the best thing I've read on a keyboard forum in six months  !

[jimmymio]

I think the more common bass note problem is not enough damper pressure. Seems you have the opposite. Damper pressure can be relieved or increased as needed. BUT....  you can get into trouble if you don't have experience here. 

I think adjusting dampers is one of the most challenging aspects to servicing a Rhodes. Once you change the damper pressure you also change the damper escapement and also the relation between the individual damper and the damper sustain rail.

I wish I had an easy solution but the short answer is that an adjustment would fix the problem but it might be best left to a pro.

[pianotuner steveo]

Adjusting dampers is very challenging in any piano. We piano techs call them the damn-pers....