On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Mark Dierauf wrote: > It also has some tuning > pins taped to the damper wires where they enter the underlevers (Don't ask me > why, I don't want to know!) Even though you don't want to know, I'll tell you. Weighting down the dampers was someone's attempt to get the damper felts to seat on the strings. Weighted fishing lures (I don't fish, is that what they're called?) have been discovered in pianos doing the same service! Barbara Richmond Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois
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