At 2:55 AM -0700 11/20/01, Dave Nereson wrote: >Damper not damping. Grand or upright? Doesn't matter -- happens on both.... Your question is too general, and to say that your damper is not damping is also an exaggeration, you will admit, since everything is "OK". So it is damping some partials, including the first, quite effectively but leaving some high partials undamped, and your damper is probably in the bass or the tenor. Some expensive German pianos (and probably some American - eg. old Steinway uprights for 8 notes in the tenor) have a fly damper above or below the main damper to kill these overtones and I have even come across a piano (Kaim of Stuttgart) with a full overdamper (birdcage) action throughout the bass in addition to the underdampers. There have been many inventions to overcome this problem. If lengthening or repositioning the main damper block does not solve the problem, find out where the fly dampers are needed and add these to the section giving the problems. The problem should not arise on a grand if the dampers are properly positioned. JD
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