I was servicing a very ornate Steinway D (hand painted/carved/gold in-laid) in an exclusive restaurant and noticed ugly fishing weights glued securely on top of several damper heads. Some of the dampers had two weights one on front and the other at the back. The dampers seem to work OK so I left them alone (I'm no fool). My question is: Is this a last-ditch, acceptable repair technique or an amateurish attempt to quiet ringing dampers? I would think that a damper problem on such a piano could/should be solved in a more professional way or at least put the weights inside the underlever system. Does it ever come to a point where this technique is necessary? I've always WANTED to solve it this way, but questioned whether it is an acceptable repair technique. Did I miss a chapter in my piano-tech edjication? Phil Ryan Miami Beach
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