I was trying to see if there was a lack of weight problem...i.e. broken spring, whatever. Obviously, you simply lift neighboring dampers and if they feel the same...that aint the problem...I'd consider putting on a longer damper...maybe lift the string that is ringing...leveling strings... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Joe Goss" <imatunr at srvinet.com> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 8/2/2009 8:54:17 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] after ring on bass damper >Wouldn't weights only be treating the symptom> >Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT >imatunr at srvinet.com >www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wimblees at aol.com > To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net ; caut at ptg.org > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 9:38 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] after ring on bass damper > David > I thought I could solve the problem that way, too. But on all Samick products, there >are already two weights in the levers, and there's no more room to put any more. > > Wim > -----Original Message----- > From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> > To: caut at ptg.org > Sent: Sat, Aug 1, 2009 6:04 pm > Subject: Re: [CAUT] after ring on bass damper >Wim, >If the rings goes away when you add a little pressure to the damper head, you >have isolated the problem to that damper. I'd check the weight/spring tension >on the damper. Is it different than the dampers around it? I have a Sty D >that has some damper over-ring, not isolated. I'm thinking the bass dampers >don't have enough damper weight/tension...is there measurement for this? >David Ilvedson, RPT >Pacifica, CA 94044 >----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> >To: caut at ptg.org >Received: 8/1/2009 8:46:35 PM >Subject: Re: [CAUT] after ring on bass damper >>Try working with the seating of the damper fore and aft. Tilt the head >>slightly forward or backward until you get it quiet. Sometimes the location >>of the node creates some problems that careful seating will take care of. >> >>David Love >>www.davidlovepianos.com >> >>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of >>wimblees at aol.com >>Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:04 PM >>To: Pianotech at PTG.org; caut at ptg.org >>Subject: [CAUT] after ring on bass damper >> >>I've got a Kohler & Campbell 5'9" grand that has very noticeable after ring >>on B1 and C2. At the convention I asked Roger Jolly about it, and he showed >>me how to "voice" the damper felt, by sticking a long needle into the felt, >>first from the front, and then from the back. He demonstrated this technique >>on several notes on a couple of different pianos, and it worked quite well. >>But yesterday I went to the piano in question, and tried to do the same >>thing. I got the damper to work a little better, but there is still a lot of >>after ring. >>This is not a sympathetic vibration coming from another string. The damper >>is properly seated, with plenty of follow through. The actual ring of the >>string stops, but there is excessive after ring. It goes away when I put >>just a little bit of pressure on the damper head. >> >>I'm open to other suggestions. >>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT >>Piano Tuner/Technician >>Mililani, Oahu, HI >>808-349-2943 >>Author of: >>The Business of Piano Tuning >>available from Potter Press >>www.pianotuning.com
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