[pianotech] Chickering damper blocks

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/22/2012 12:02 PM, Susan Kline wrote:
> Hi, Ron
>
> Obviously you didn't hear Del talking about the need for both spring
> tension and mass to get good damping. The metal gives the mass, as he
> found out when he replaced a set of those metal damper heads with wood.

I'm quite familiar with the concept, thank you. It was a JOKE, which you 
obviously didn't get.


> Even though my life has become a series of Senior Moments, I'm 98.5%
> sure it
> was Del who said this.

Yes, it was Del.

So tell me. What is the weight of these dampers as compared to the 
standard wooden variety?
Ron N