Hateful little F DAMPER

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:15:26 -0800


When replacing a string, string level has to be checked, which I'm sure you did...unlevel strings can really cause damper headaches..

David I.



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From: Susan Kline <sckline@attbi.com>
To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
Received: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 16:57:51 -0800
Subject: Re: Hateful little F DAMPER

>I'm not sure this is applicable, but I had a terrible time once with an S&S
>B damper in the tenor, after I replaced a string. I did everything under
>the sun, and it still had a high harmonic ringing. Drove me nuts.

>Well, I put a small piece of flat felt in between the two split wedges.
>Cleared up the damping  like anything, and it couldn't be seen once it was
>installed. Actually, the damping was better than the rest of the section,
>which is a problem in itself, but one which I prefer.

>I'm not sure if the lowest tenor damper on a D has room for this ... but
>you could try and see.

>Susan

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