dampers advice pls

[Tom Driscoll]

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List,

Apologies for the attached picture, which however is worth a thousand
words.

I am making some modest improvements in a 1909 Hardman & Peck upright.
One of these is replacing the old dampers. I ordered pre-cut upright
dampers from Pianotek; they just arrived yesterday and they are not
right. Photo attached. What do I do? I have to install them next
Saturday.

 

jason kanter . 

            

            Jason,

            .

            From the picture I think you need a set of either new style
or old style dampers from Schaff or one of the other fine supply houses.

            Measure the length of what you have.

            Page 94 of the Schaff catalog has Standard, New style and
Old style sets for the bass.

For the flat dampers I would order Schaff #1534 1/2. 

            Make sure you have enough of each kind for your piano
---I.E. single-bichords and order trichords if necessary as they don't
come in the sets.

            These will usually work for most uprights.

            Personally I would order a few sets of each kind, then you
have a better chance of duplicating the felt in your piano and you'll be
ready for the next job without the shipping wait.

Remember----- the closer you can duplicate the less wire and spoon
bending will be necessary.

            Redesigning the damper system is certainly an option,
especially if the piano has obvious damper deficiencies, but for the
first few times my advice is to go with what's there, develop a
technique, make some observations, then you can be more confident with
design changes as necessary.

            Tom Driscoll RPT 

            


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