Steinway D problem

[Kenneth Sloane]

John- The tip of the damper may be resting on a node. If so, the damper
might be exciting a partial as violinists do by lightly pressing on nodes.
My recollection is that I have fixed problems like this by moving the damper
a little forward or backward. Doing this, of course, necessitates rebending
the wire.    Ken Sloane, Oberlin conservatory
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--On Thu, May 6, 1999 11:38 AM -0500 "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu> wrote: 

> I have a 2 year old D that has a ringing damper problem that is trying my
> patience! When F-5 is played, after releasing there is a harmonic given
> off by F-2 which is the first note on the treble bridge. I've changed the
> felt, to no avail. If I lightly touch any ONE of the 3 strings on either
> side of the damper the problem stops. I've tried yarn in the tri-chord
> felt, tipping the damper fore and aft, and side to side. I'm stumped! Any
> advice? I'm rarely unable to make these disappear, but I've tried all my
> tricks. What's a guy to do? 
> 
> 
> John Minor
> University of Illinois
>