Another thing which has helped on grand dampers with only front trichords is to squeeze the strings with pliers to secure the damper felt and trim the excess felt with a single edge razor blade from underneath. Jon Page At 10:07 PM 08/23/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Mike, > > No, actually I was trying to remember the title of the thread that >talked about >cutting off the excess trichord dampers below the level of the strings with >barber's >shears. Or something similar. This dealt with the noise when the trichords >lift, not >when they seat into the strings. I still can't remember. :-( I think Brian >DeTar posted >something about it. > >Avery > >>Avery Todd wrote: >> >> > Mark, >> > >> > I agree with Ron about this. There was a nice thread about this subject >> > a good while ago but I can't remember what the subject was called. >> > Anyone? >> >>Hi Avery, >> Perhaps you're remembering the thread about una-corda damper noise where >>because only two strings of a trichord are vibrating, the damper makes a >>unique >>distinct noise upon return (damper oink?), something I wouldn't mind reading >>more solutions for. Not really woosh, but I think the thread ended with that. >> >>-Mike Jorgensen >> >>(Netscape Spell Checker didn't like the words, una-corda (una-chorda?), >>trichord, oink, or woosh, and had no suggestions. Spelling anyone?) > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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