This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Michael, Interesting you should mention Wurzen felt in the context of piano dampers. I recently received from Jack Brand, owner of the Wurzen factory, some samples of damper felt they can now produce. After a lot of investment and developmental work they feel they have come up with the ultimate in damper felt. And I must say, Jack Brand's enthusiasm is contagious. This guy knows his felt! It is a very, very fine quality of felt of different densities and layerings (horizontal/vertical) for both the treble and the bass sections. Apparently, designing a machine that would cut the wedge felt strips was a real challenge. Presently, they are offering this felt to me only in strips. The idea is to get into secondary processing down the road, e.g. gluing on backing strips, cutting the felt into blocks and boxing it, etc. Until that actually happens, I plan to bring in some of their strips for my own use as well as for any interested parties out there. Not that the European felt I have been using is not good - but the Wurzen material is even better! Jurgen Goering www.pianofortesupply.com "we DO have the good stuff, but we're always looking for even better stuff!" PS Terry F.: nice photos of the dampers. Next time, could you please send them right side up so I don't have to turn my monitor upside down to view them properly?? <g> ------------------------------------------ Michael Gamble wrote: > Hello Farrell and List > This looks identical to the damper felts I get from Fletcher & Newman > - "Best French Damper Felt" - pre-cut and stitched and a real joy to > use. I wonder what Andre and his Wurzen felt will come up with? You > are lucky indeed to have Jurgen as a supplier! > Michael G.(UK) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Farrell <mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:59 AM > Subject: Upright Damper Felt > > Just thought some of you might be interested in what Jurgen > Goering @ Piano Forte Supply has to offer in the area of upright > damper felt. > > Piano is a 1938 Chickering studio (you've seen 'em - the ones with > the beautiful fancy cabinets with the top fronts that are almost > impossible to figure out how to remove). > > In the picture below, you can see the treble felt - separate > pieces like on a grand. Also shown in the five bicord tenor > dampers I made from his felt and the two types (bicord and > monocord) of bass dampers I bought from him (close-ups below). > (Damn, that's not a rum & coke in that cup.....) > > Close-up of monocord bass ready-made damper (left), bicord > ready-made damper (next to left) and five bicord tenor dampers > that had to be custom made (by me) from felt supplied by Jurgen. > (I haven't glued them on yet because I haven't gone back to the > piano yet - next Monday.) > > > Close-up of the plain-wire dampers in the area of the tenor/treble > break. > > I'll report back on how they perform. They sure look good! > > High resolution images are available upon request. > > I think it is a pretty cool idea. A little extra work, but not too > bad. Let's see how they perform (I expect good things). > > Hey, check out them hammers - nothing a vigorous attack with > 60-grit couldn't straighten out! > > Terry Farrell > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment --------------030404090501000503000800 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7c/fc/41/4f/attachment.htm --------------030404090501000503000800 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 60261 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a1/f7/48/63/attachment.jpe --------------030404090501000503000800 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 62852 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c0/19/8f/84/attachment.jpe --------------030404090501000503000800 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 52040 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6a/39/ac/d8/attachment.jpe --------------030404090501000503000800-- ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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