Old Steinway upright - new yamaha dampers?

[David ilvedson]

Read Bill Spurlocks articles on upright dampers and you may 
want to try making your own.  I always make my bass 
dampers these days.  

David Ilvedson, RPT

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Date sent:      	Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:58:31 EDT
Subject:        	Re: Old Steinway upright - new yamaha dampers?
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> Yes, they can work nicely.  I have used Yamaha dampers on many Steinways.  If 
> it is a grand I leave off the red under felt and just make it look like 
> Steinway dampers.  But the damping is much nicer. =)  You should have no 
> problem with them and the overdampers are glorious.
> 
> Enjoy,'
> 
> Ed Tomlinson
> 
> << Has anyone ever retrofitted old Steinway upright dampers with the Yamaha 
> U-1 or U-3 damper head assemblies available through Schaff? I have a job 
> coming up where I'll be installing new Tokiwa damper-levers and I'm wondering 
> if it would make sense to go with the Yamaha blocks to save on wire bending, 
> get better damping, or both. Do the Yamaha-style overdampers work on the 
> Steinway (model "K")? I also understand that these are supplied *without* the 
> dowel damper blocks, and that the ones available through Schaff are 
> problematic. Anyone had any experiences?
>  
>  - Mark >>
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net