List, Thanks to all who responded to my post last week entitled "mystery #4", the Steinway *thump*. The responses came back unanimous to change the dampers. Several people responding suggested that I use Yamaha felt. Since I had never used Yamaha felt, I thought that I'd give it a try. It came in today and boy what a surprise. Uncut and some assembly required (red backing). Now I'll post my new questions and this will (unintentionally ) start a new thread, I'm sure. 1. Every method of felt cutting that I've tried in the past would compress the felt as it went down and so the cut was sloppy. Several years ago, I gave up cutting my own felt and went to precut felt. The results are nice, straight dampers. This new Yamaha felt is uncut and I want to do a good job the first time. Any suggestions for a way to cut these dampers straight the first time would be greatly appreciated. 2. Jim Sr., mentioned that he had a post of 5 steps necessary to do a good damper job. At the present time, I cannot access the archives since I only have email and not the entire internet.. Does anyone have this post? Again, many thanks to the great people who subscribe to this list and for all of your help that you've given me. Have a safe and enjoyable Merry Christmas. Sincerely, Ron Shiflet, RPT Phoenix Chapter
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