Very interesting. Thank you. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 7:07 PM Subject: Re: Grand Dampers > At 11:03 am -0300 22/8/07, John Ross wrote: > >>I have to use two different sets to make the one. They go really >>narrow at the treble, so the normal tapered strip doesn't work. >>I read that the stitched damper acted quieter/better than the flat pads. >>It is a Heintzman Semi-Grand, and they knew what they were doing, >>that is why I want to stick as close to the original as I can. >>They wouldn't have 'penny pinched', on dampers. > > Except for the occasional run-of-the-mill upright I always make my > own "stepped" dampers. You can see roughly how I do it here -- I > haven't bothered to write an index file so you'll need to view the > pictures one at a time and then return to the index with the back > button: > > <http://pianomaker.co.uk/damper_pictures/> > > No stitching is involved and most of the old makers produced the > winged profile in the way that I do, at least in Germany. > > Very few makers put plain flat felt on the treble dampers and I never > do for two reasons: 1. The pressing of the felt renders it much more > stable and prevents it going askew and 2. most importantly I think, > the stepped felt allows an expert player to achieve half-pedalling > effects that are not possible with the flat felt. > > JD >
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