Paul, Once upon a time, I found a bass damper on a low end oriental grand that leaked, and defied all rational checks. It turned out that I needed to voice it down, it was very "hot" and it "over-excited" the string. Needling made the leak go away. Good luck. tg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Chick (Earthlink)" <tune4 at earthlink.net> To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:53 PM Subject: RE: High overtone > Good suggestion, Jon. I have muted each string individually, but did not > check for "levelness." I've got it on my list to try. > > Paul C > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of Jon Page > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 10:18 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: High overtone > > Leaking damper? > Place you finger on each string to see if it stops. > The offending string might be lower and needs lifting. > -- > > Regards, > > Jon Page > >
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