Try moving the hole a little, enough for the wire to clear the string a little more. >Hello All, > Any tricks out there from those who have truly mastered dampers? >Lowest tenor F damper on S&S Ds?? Certain seasons, the guide rail >grows longer putting the wire too close to the string so it zings. >I fix it and then the damper doesn't work so good. I always end up >slicing trichord felt deeper, bending wire this or that way, playing >around, sticking thread between the felt, poking with needles, >crying, and eventually replacing felt. I'm getting tired of it. I >extended with a longer felt so it is almost under the brace, and the >damper works fine except I'm getting about 1/2 second sing from the >5th partial. I've replaced and messed with this so much, I don't >really have a record of the original location and length of felt, >though it never did work good anyway. Ideas? Has anyone ever made >an extension like an overdamper? >-Mike > > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT Senior Piano Technician Crane School of Music
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