---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Just when I think I know what I'm doing, something small humbles me. In this case, it was the damper on the tenor of the bass-tenor break. The funny shaped one. It's a new Kawai grand, and the customer complained of a b3 that wouldn't stop sounding after being struck lightly. Sure enough, the tricord finger closest to the plate wouldn't seat in because the other finger wouldn't go down far anough between the strings. I looked for tight flange and guide rail hole, but those things were fine. I tried string spacing, but since there are agraffes, the effect was minimal. I did some wire bending, and that helped a little. I did some very minor trimming of the damper to shape it so both fingers could rest equally on/between the strings. In the end, it worked fine. Better, in fact, than the damper on the A# bicord on the other side of the break...:-) But it looks tilted, and not spaced quite like the other dampers. My thoughts are: I could have trimmed more of the felt. I could learn to bend wires more effectively. When I look closely at most pianos, few have the funny-shaped dampers near the plate seat and lift the same as their neighbors. How good should I reasonably expect to get it to look and play? Damped enthuiasm in CA, Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0b/e6/a2/91/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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