Damper Zing

[Clark Sprague]

Thanks, Keith and David.  Swish, Zing, I guess I should have said swish.
It's a new piano, and I trimmed a couple to see if that would work, and
those swish less than the others, so the bowing effect is the one I am
looking at.  Thanks again!
Clark Sprague
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>; <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: Damper Zing


> The felt hanging below the string is not likely the culprit in damper
> "zinging".  This usually happens because the felt is getting too hard and
> it's probably time to replace it.  Damper felt hanging below the bottom of
> the string can contribute to a swishing effect which comes from the felt
> rubbing on the strings as you raise them with the pedal and a bowing
effect
> that sets the strings to vibrating.  I've not found an effective means of
> trimming the felt without removing the damper.  I use a pair of scissors I
> got from the cosmetics department of a drugstore.  The cutting edge is
> about 3/4" long and curved.  I don't use them for anything else so that
> they stay very sharp.  Pull each damper one at a time and trim the felt up
> to the bottom of the string mark (if there is one) so that the felt
doesn't
> protrude below the string level.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Clark Sprague
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Sent: 7/3/2003 6:07:40 AM
> Subject: Damper Zing
>
>
> List,  Anybody out there have a good suggestion for a trimming shears or
> something to trim too long tri-chord double wedge dampers that hang too
far
> beyond the bottom of the string level?  Customer complaining of too much
> Zing.
>
> Clark Sprague
>
>
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