damper shoosh noise

[pianotuna55 at comcast.net]

Dave:
Your problem may have been already answered but I'll throwing in my 2 cents.
I've been faced with the same thing a few years back with the shoosh in a Kawai RX-6 grand in a recording studio with mics right at the dampers.  This piano has many tri chords and a good shoosh.  Of course being a new piano I was NOT going to do ANYTHING on my own.  I forgot who I talked to at Kawai but this is what they said.   You need a pair of serrated hair cutting scissors  (can find at beauty supply store).  They can be expensive so by the best you can afford.  You can't find them at Wal-Mart!   Next, pull the action, remove each damper and trim a sliver of felt that extends below the string so the damper just sits evenly on top of the string.  Before you remove dampers, wedge the lift tray at the factory set level so damper timing will be correct after trimming.   Be careful not to trim too much.   It did the job.
Howard Jackson  
 

 

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From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> 

Dave - PTG.org is back up and running.

Terry Farrell
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From: Dave Smith 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: damper shoosh noise


I kinow this is in the archives, but the site seems to be inop this morning, so please humor me..

A recording studio is hearing the damper shoosh which occurs when depressing the sustain pedal.  Is there a way to decrease or eliminate this sound for close mic-ing?  

Thanks for the help.

Dave 
Smith
SW FL
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