On Saturday, April 30, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Kent Webb wrote: > The most common cause for this is failure to depress > the sustain pedal when inserting the muting strips. > The felts will bind between the strings and tear when > the key is played lifting head from the string. > > I see this quite a bit and it is easily preventable. > > Kent Webb > I have also seen hammers clip the bottoms of damper felts when dampers are timed too late and extend a little much below the strings. Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT School Of Music University of South Carolina
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