The technicians who read this do a thorough job of proofreading submitted work. My writing skills lack and my speaking skills are worse but I do all right inside a piano. I omitted that I usually do the damper voicing in the piano by simply pulling back the damper lever and rubbing the emery across the felt until the grooves are gone, straightening it and then letting it go back. When that doesn't work, I either remove the damper lever or head or cut the felt off, sand it and reglue to the head depending which is easier for that particular piano. As per going to all that work and still not changing the felt, usually this method works well enough that I don't bother since it involves cutting the felt off and sanding the head smooth. I will admit however, that on more than one occasion I wished that I had put a new felt on to begin with. I live two and a half hours from the nearest technician. Tech support and differing points of view are not readily available (except on line). My many thanks to all of you technicians for your proofreading and keeping me in line. Ron Shiflet, RPT P.S. Thanks for all the finance companies. You're great !!!
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