[pianotech] Gluing Damper Felt

[Terry Farrell]

> Cosmetically, it looks nice to my eye with a little bit of white  
> either side of the head.

Actually, that's what was going through my head - the cosmetics of it.  
I've always thought that felt hanging outside the width of the head  
looked dorky - like an adult suit jacket on a little kid. But I guess  
it's in the eye of the beholder! I'm surprised no one jumped on me a  
day or two ago when I posted that I wanted to paint a plate candy- 
apple red. I can only assume that some (most?) piano techs would think  
that is a very bad idea. So, to each their own. I also won't paint  
ebony sharps - I finish 'em natural - no doubt many would turn their  
noses up on that idea.....  :-)

Terry Farrell


On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:15 AM, William Monroe wrote:

> Risking doing improper work here, I DO have a couple different  
> dimensions of width available in my shop, and I cut my own, but I  
> don't obsess about it.  As long as there is enough clearance between  
> adjacent dampers, I'm happy.  And sometimes (like this HF Miller we  
> did) the damper heads are very narrow, and I couldn't find felt that  
> narrow.  But, there was plenty of space for a slightly wider felt.   
> Cosmetically, it looks nice to my eye with a little bit of white  
> either side of the head.  Functionally it works as well as  
> anything.  Maybe I should obsess more???  Nah.............
>
> William R. Monroe