Because most often I find the damper felt is slightly wider than the damper head. So, there may be a mm or some such on either side of the damper head. Not always, but often IME. William R. Monroe On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > Why would there be felt overhanging the sides of the damper head? > > Terry Farrell > > On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:19 PM, William Monroe wrote: > > Steven, > > As some others have suggested, I do grand dampers in the piano. But I'd > add a step. Before gluing on the felts, I use a block that simulates the > thickness of the damper felt to rest under the damper heads on the strings, > and roughly time all the dampers, sans felt. Then I regulate the damper > wire bends, getting them nice and square with the strings. Then, install > the felts with hot hide; the heads clamp and align the dampers. This way, > when the felts are glued in, they end up with a nice even overhang on either > side of the head, and are about 90% regulated. Some minor tweaking for > bleeders follows, but it is very minimal. Neat method I learned from a guy > who has done a bazillion (maybe a bazillion and one) sets of dampers. > William R. Monroe > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Steven Hopp <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm wondering how many of you glue new damper felt on old heads and wires >> with dampers in the piano and/or out? I have a set to do on a newly strung >> piano and this is the first set I am attempting. I have Susan Grahms >> articles from the PTG technical prep manual and her method and I have a >> method and suggestion from a colleague who suggests something different. >> >> Thoughts? Suggestions? >> >> Steven Hopp >> Midland, TX >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100301/4cf5eee0/attachment.htm>
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