This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment As Terry mentioned his post, which for some reason I couldn't= reply to...?...make your own bass dampers. It isn't hard and= they will work like a charm. Duplicating a poor design is not= a good idea. You will have to regulate no matter.... Bill's damper articles are in past issues of the Journal...he= also has a nice little jig for cutting the damper felt. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> To: 'Pianotech' <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:06:31 -0400 Subject: RE: dampers advice pls 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 =95 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=92t 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=92ll 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=92s there,= develop a technique, make some observations, then you can be= more confident with design changes as necessary. Tom Driscoll RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7b/3d/49/a0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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