What Jon said. Jurgen has some SUPER long dampers. Also, go to Bill Spurlock's website and get his brochure on upright dampers. It is a gold mine. Follow all Bill's advice and I can pretty much guarantee you your ringing will stop. Terry Farrell On Apr 25, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Jon Page wrote: > Install the European bass damper that Jurgen has and install > trichord felt > up to around G#4, new sewn flats from there. > -- > > Regards, > > Jon Page On Apr 25, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Ed Carwithen wrote: > The piano is a Mason & Hamlin studio upright. It is in very good > shape and not old. It is well regulated and holds a tune like a > champion. But...there is a noticeable after ring. AHA... damper > problem. Yes. Blocking off the single string bass section > eliminates the after ring. But each note in the bass damps correctly > when played individually. There is good pressure by the damper on > the string; when I press on the string behind the damper the damper > follows the movement. And these dampers are the longest I have > seen. They ought to stop the sound, but there is still the after > ring when playing in the middle of the piano. > > I told the owner ( a piano teacher) that I would take the problem to > the geniuses of the piano tech world and that surely a solution > would be instantly suggested. You wouldn't want to let down a sweet > little old lady piano teacher would you??? So tell me what to do. > > Ed Carwithen > John Day, OR > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100426/e013e754/attachment.htm>
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