[CAUT] New Damper holder

[David M. Porritt]

OK, I didn't say it was perfect!  :-)   I haven't had any real trouble from
those, but sometimes they do need a little extra care anyhow.  I generally
buy "sets" of dampers for pianos, but I keep some mono, bi & tri-chord
strips that I use to repair odd damaged dampers.  Those are often the ones.


 

dp

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Busby
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:37 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Damper holder

 

Hi David,

 

I like it! I think I'll go home and throw rocks at mine.

 

But then again, what do you do with the cantilevered dampers (S&S B for
instance) that can't rest on the wood? 

 

Thanks.

Jim

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Porritt, David
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:51 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Damper holder

 

OK, all I have here is the camera on my phone so forgive the blurry pic but
the "camera" wanted to focus on the floor rather than the damper rack.  My
rack is narrow enough that the felts fit on either side of it and only the
wood blocks rest on the rail.

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Busby
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:37 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: [CAUT] New Damper holder

 

List,

 

Damper felt is (According to Eric S.) negatively impacted by placing the
dampers in a holder where the felt is resting on the holder. This is why
they use trays where the dampers rest upside down (wires pointing to the
ceiling). HOWEVER, after dropping a tray and scattering dampers all over I
came up with this idea (attached). 

 

Place dampers in the tray (through the holes) then put on the upstop rail,
then flip it over. This way if you don't get around to the job for a few
weeks (months?) the felt is not ruined. Very easy to use and to make.
Although it does look a bit funny.

 

Jim Busby BYU

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