Untrimmed trichords (legs hanging below the bottom of the strings at rest) really exacerbate this, especially if someone has been strip muting without depressing the pedal: as the felt at string level is compressed, the felt below tends to expand. When the pedal is depressed enough to clear all other dampers, trichord felt is still between strings in the tenor. Careful trichord trimming is an absolute must in a high-level situation. Fred Sturm University of New Mexico edwardsn@rpa.net wrote: > > I'd like to add one point I learned from an Eastman Professor here in town: > The farther away from the strings you can get the dampers when you are wide > open the more ring you will get out of the piano. It is amazing how much sound > they can absorb if they are close to the strings but not touching. > > Rob Edwardsen > Rochester, NY
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