[pianotech] Damper Felt

[Ron Nossaman]

On 4/21/2011 6:41 PM, Israel Stein wrote:

> A guy who graduated from North Bennet Street a year before me went to
> work as a damper man at a piano factory (doesn't matter which) and
> shared with us the secret of factory dampers. More than half the
> trichord wedge damper felt that comes down the assembly line is as
> described: one leg thicker than the other. That's just the way it comes
> out - no matter who manufactures it. The guys on the line simply refuse
> to use it if it isn't perfect or near perfect...

That's what I do. Buy extra, and cull out the junk.
Ron N