1901 Steinway A2 dampers

[David Renaud]

Have a Steinway A2, 6'2'', 1901. I rebuilt it last year.
Was manufactured with dampers ending at c# 65.
Don't recall seeing many pianos with open
D 66. Adds quite a bit extra resonance to
some notes. It is pronounced especially in
D major, G major, with  D66 vibrating sympathetically.
In Eb major, eb 67 is not quite as bad, in e major,
e 68 is yet a little better, and so on. But D66 is
quite a bit more then I'm use to.

??????
Would you say that a "wetter" sound was sought after
back then? How many of you would prioritize keeping
the piano as "Original" or would choose modify it
adding a few extra dampers?

                                      David Renaud
                                      RPT