Steinway D problem

Vince Mrykalo Vince@byu.edu
Thu May 6 12:59 MDT 1999


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Hi John,
I have fixed this problem by running new damper felt along the entire
length of
head, and even a little beyond the ends.  It wasn't because of faulty damping
of that note, either.  Moving the head might work as well, as Ken Sloane
stated.

At 11:38 AM 5/6/99 -0500, you 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
> 
Vince
<mailto:vince@byu.edu>


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