Barrie, 20 years is not so bad. Sometimes roughing them with 100 grit sand paper or a checkering file removes the surface crust and they dampen better, sometimes not. Fabric softener worked for too brief a time to be worthwhile. Haven't tried steam. If roughing the surface doesn't do the trick, then the core is hard as well; in that case, replace. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Santa Claus is always smiling because he knows where all the naughty girls live. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 07:16 PM 12/1/98 +0000, you wrote: >Dear All > >I have a trade Knight to come in. The tuner says that the dampers are >OK However, it is 20 years old from my experience I would say that the >wedge dampers are going to be hard and zing. He has not budgeted for >new dampers which I did point out he should.... It is his customer, I >think he is not happy with regulating upright dampers. > >The Q have you tried Fabric Softener on damper felts and with what >results or steam. Getting them clean is not a problem as I can blast >them will 150 pounds of compressed air through a pin hole nosel, that >shifts most of the muck. Since this piano will be over 200 miles away >I don't fancy travelling down later to fix zinging notes. > >Barrie, > > > > >-- > >Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly >URL: http://www.uk-piano.org/ | To Your Neighbour >The UK Piano Page | >pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED > >
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