Eric, I agree that the Tokiwa felts are very nice. One thing I experienced on the two sets I've used so far (one on a Baldwin SD and the other a Steinway M), however, is that with the Tokiwa's I had to slice many if not most of the trichord wedges deeper to get them to damp properly, which meant it took a LOT more time to get them damping. I don't remember ever having to do this with Steinway damper felts, which I've generally had good luck with. Allen Wright ---------- >From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> >To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut@ptg.org> >Subject: RE: Steinway Parts Delays? >Date: Thu, Dec 18, 2003, 11:30 PM > > I haven't seen a Tokiwa set yet that wasn't nearly perfect....I took the > Steinway Academy damper class last year and was amazed to find out that the > damper installers in the factory use the same felt from the same boxes that > they sell us...complete down to the 1(!) extra tricord felt in the set. They > spend a surprising amount of time matching the felt blocks in matching pairs > for height and thickness before gluing them on the damper heads. I have > never had much luck with the NY damper felt sets I've used in the past, > which is why I used the Hamburg felt for a while and now the Tokiwa. The > other bonus for the Tokiwa is that there is enough felt there to do any > model piano you can imagine and as a result after doing three or four sets > you almost have enough left-overs to do another piano. Try em, you'll like > em. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Smith [mailto:marysmith@mail.utexas.edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:17 PM > To: College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: Steinway Parts Delays? > > > Hi, > > Just be sure to raise the dampers off the strings when you insert your > mutes. Trichord wedges are notoriously feeble, and will tear at the > slightest provocation. One problem we have seen at UT is that the sides of > the trichord wedges are not cut evenly (this is on the replacement sets > we've bought from NY). In other words, one side is fat, the other, skinny. > This causes bad damping on the skinny side, and you have to resort to all > sorts of shenanigans to solve the problem. I am curious to know if the > Tokiwa felts have this problem or not. Eric?.... > > Mary Smith > University of Texas at Austin > > At 09:58 PM 12/18/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>Hello all, >> >>I notice that no one is recommending using Steinway New York damper felt. > I >>service 2 NY Steinway D's that are a little over 5 years old. I have >>serviced them since they were new. The damper felt, especially bass >>trichords failed almost immediately(the felt legs began tearing) S&S said >>it was because of my muting method.. I would gladly accept this reasoning >>although I have never had problems before with new Steinways. I was just >>wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. Thanks. >> >>Regards, >>Steve >> >>Stephen Snyder >>Registered Piano Technician >>342 Scotts Lake Road >>Salem, NY 12865 >>518-854-3888 >> >>e-mail: shsnyder@sover.net >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> >>To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org> >>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 2:33 PM >>Subject: RE: Steinway Parts Delays? >> >> >> > John, >> > >> > The Tokiwa grand damper felt set that Pianotek sells is excellent. We've >> > gone to using this because it has enough pre-cut felt to do any model >>grand >> > so we keep a few sets in stock ready for any piano. They've got the red >> > backing and are very nicely and consistently cut. Tricords are trimmed > to >> > the correct length. The last set of Hamburg felt I put on was no better. >> > What's better, they come in about 2 days. >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Eric Wolfley >> > Head Piano Technician >> > Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music >> > University of Cincinnati >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: John Minor [mailto:jminor@uiuc.edu] >> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:35 PM >> > To: College and University Technicians >> > Subject: Re: Steinway Parts Delays? >> > >> > Shannon said they would be in with their order from Germany next month! >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 Wimblees@aol.com wrote: >> > >> > ]In a message dated 12/10/03 10:51:55 AM Central Standard Time, >> > ]jminor@uiuc.edu writes: >> > ]Anyone have any idea on why it is taking Steinway 2 months to fill an >> > ]order for 1 set of Hamburg damper felts??? Anyone know of an alternate >> > ]source? Can anyone LOAN me a set for an L? : ) >> > ] >> > ] >> > ]John Minor >> > ]University of Illinois >> > ]Have you called Shannon and asked her? >> > ] >> > ]W9m >> > ] >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > >> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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