[pianotech] Gluing Damper Felt

John Ross jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
Sat Feb 27 10:25:25 MST 2010


I like to do them in the piano. The strings act as an alignment guide.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 27-Feb-10, at 11:24 AM, Terry Farrell wrote:

> I glue them outside of the piano, but I made myself some little V- 
> shaped wooden guides to align the V-shaped felts and the monocord  
> felts. Basically does the same thing as putting them on the strings.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Steven Hopp wrote:
>
>> Grand.  The other method is to glue out of the piano and do the  
>> fine tuning with wire bending and felt control of any leaking.   
>> This suggestion is from my friend who does a lot of damper work and  
>> is very good at it.
>>
>> I know the dampers have to come out...they are out now but I guess  
>> a better way to say it is do you glue them on the bench or do you  
>> follow susan's method of gluing them and then setting them in place  
>> letting the weight of the damper head help line up the felt with  
>> wire?
>>
>> Just curious for thoughts.  I think I want to try Susan's method  
>> but she does a good job of giving one pause before they  
>> proceed....ya know lining up everything to look perfect and so on.
>>
>> Thanks for any and all thoughts
>>
>> Steven Hopp

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