Replacing agraffes

Barb Richmond brichmon@titan.iwu.edu
Thu, 23 Nov 1995 15:08:36 -0600 (CST)


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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