bass dampers

[jolly roger]

Hi Tom,
             Sounds like an unusual configuration,  I would go ahead and
use the traditional materials.  I would also consider using tri wedges up
through the centre section.
Regards Roger.
 


At 10:13 PM 8/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Is it unusual for a grand piano to have two different kind of damper felts
on 
>the same string in the bass monochord register?  On this piano, each string 
>has one "traditional" monochord damper felt, with a big V shaped groove in
it 
>to fit over the string, and on the other side of the damper, a treble 
>tri-chord damper felt; the kind that's just flat.  (This actually continues 
>up into the bichord register.  Same deal: one bichord felt matched with a 
>treble damper.)
>
>Since I'm replacing the damper felts on this piano, I'm torn as to whether I 
>should duplicate this setup or go with matching damper felts.  
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Tom Sivak
>