>Ron/List, > > Sort of relating to what Brian said about 'shorter', what about the >pianos which use 4 short felts over the longer dampers? Does this work >any better that the 'normal' two felts? I guess this is primarily in >the bass area on larger grands? Just wondering. > >Avery > Hi Avery, I don't think anyone answered you on this one did they? I've generally had better luck with shorter felts than longer. Three short ones will often work better than two long ones because of where the felts fall on the string nodal points. That's about as technical as I can get with it. Four could very easily work better than two or three felts for the same reason. I haven't tried it. Placement is more important than size. This gets real interesting in the high bass and low tenor where the damper head is short and trimmed to clear the plate strut. I can easily spend more time on those four or five dampers than on the rest of the set combined. Then again, maybe that's just me. Ron
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