Hateful little F DAMPER

[Ed Sutton]

Susan, 
This reminds me that string leveling is another thing to check with damper
problems.
Michael,
Is it possible that some of your damper problems happen after a big pitch
adjustment cranks wire through the agraffe?
Ed S.

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>From: Susan Kline <sckline@attbi.com>
>To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Hateful little F DAMPER
>Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2002, 6:57 PM
>

> 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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