They are indeed for additional fly dampers. I saw this often in old German uprights. No idea about the loop ends. Probably there was a very special attachment method for the fly dampers involved. Gregor ------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 01:15:32 +0100 > From: David at piano.plus.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Strange Bechstein damper wires > > Does anyone know what these odd extra damper wires are for, on this > 1890s Bechstein upright? > > The last trichord at the beark has an additional "fly damper", but there > is no sign of them ever having been fitted to these bass notes. I > wondered if perhaps this model of action was also fitted to other, > taller pianos that needed fly dampers at the bass. But why the "loop" ends? > > Best regards, > > David Boyce. > > (P.S. the action is tilted out from the strings, in my photo). _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M1005xMSNWM2 Werden Sie Deutschlands größter Fan & gewinnen Sie eine WM-Reise! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100531/48128d05/attachment.htm>
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