damper problem

[Don]

Hi Wim,

Try temporarily "mass loading" the dampher. That may help.

At 05:14 PM 8/17/2003 EDT, you wrote:
>I just got done restringing a D, including new dampers. I also put on a new
>set of h/s/f. As I was doing my last voicing, I discovered that when I put
>on the shift, about 4 or 5 notes would not dampen the right string cleanly.
>Under normal playing, these dampers work fine. But with the shift, the
>right string rings on just a little more than I want. I tried adjust the
>damper head, but to no avail. In fact, the more I tilted the head to the
>right, the worse the problem got. When I tilted the head to the left, it
>didn't solve the problem either. It is not the adjacent damper lifter
>holding the damper up. I checked that. I'm at a loss.
> 
> Any one know why this is happening, and what I can do to correct the
problem? 
> 
> Wim  

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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