bass dampers

[Farrell]

Hi Roger. What criteria do you use in deciding how far up into the tenor to
go with tri-wedges? I've seen them almost up to the treble, I've seen none
in the tenor, I've seen where the front piece will be tri-wedge and the back
piece will be flat. How to decide??? Thanks for any thoughts.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: bass dampers


> Hi Tom,
>              Sounds like an unusual configuration,  I would go ahead and
> use the traditional materials.  I would also consider using tri wedges up
> through the centre section.
> Regards Roger.
>
>
>
> At 10:13 PM 8/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Is it unusual for a grand piano to have two different kind of damper
felts
> on
> >the same string in the bass monochord register?  On this piano, each
string
> >has one "traditional" monochord damper felt, with a big V shaped groove
in
> it
> >to fit over the string, and on the other side of the damper, a treble
> >tri-chord damper felt; the kind that's just flat.  (This actually
continues
> >up into the bichord register.  Same deal: one bichord felt matched with a
> >treble damper.)
> >
> >Since I'm replacing the damper felts on this piano, I'm torn as to
whether I
> >should duplicate this setup or go with matching damper felts.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Tom Sivak
> >
>