[pianotech] Replacing dampers on a Steinway Upright

Mr. Mac's tune-repair at allegiance.tv
Mon Feb 7 09:24:16 MST 2011


On Feb 7, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Encore Pianos wrote:

> … By modern standards of damper system design, one could not say that these pianos damped particularly well when they were new in 1902, even the Steinways. …

Will,

How can anyone presuppose the particular operation
   that any system didn't work well when new?

1902 ... no one knows, because no one in the piano industry
   is alive today to testify.

Strictly speculation at best.

Keith McGavern



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