Before I dismantle the paino I take note of how its damping, if OK then duplicate it, if poor then use the existing felt as a guide ie. may install more clip felt at bass/treble break, on a grand may have more clip&flat felt dampers throughout tenor section, on uprights might extend the felt on bottom part of damper to give that little bit extra length. Brian > Hi gang, > Scraping damper heads in the shop this morning, and planning what damper > configuration was going back in, something occurred to me that hasn't come > up in List discussion. At least, if it has, I missed it, and I think it > would be interesting and informative. So here's the question. When > installing dampers, do you have a favorite configuration of wedges and pads > that you adapt to individual pianos, or do you try to reproduce what was > there? Since what was there sometimes didn't seem to work as well as it > could (which, I know, could be from old hard dampers as easily as a less > than optimal choice of pads), or the cut of the felt is peculiar to the > brand and isn't available any more, what's your criteria of choice when you > install the new felt? What's your damper schedule? > > Ron >
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