bass dampers - question about trichord wedges

[Jon Page]

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Hire a technician.  This is not a self-help forum.

Jon Page


At 09:01 AM 08/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>My Ricca & Son has monochords from A1-F#10, bichords
>from G11-B27, and triple-string plain notes (trichords
>-- not sure if you use it universally or only for
>wound trichords) from C28-C88.  The break is at
>B27/C28 and all trichords are plain wire.  Currently
>all my trichord dampers are flat felt and all my
>bichord and monochord are wedges.  I was wondering --
>up to approximately how far would you recommend
>putting trichord wedge dampers in?  I have no plans to
>rescale my piano (as in replace trichord plain notes
>with bichord wound notes).  I currently have a set of
>50 flat felt dampers (way more than enough) so I can
>replace those, but I don't yet have the wedges.  What
>do you think the approximate cost of the wedges would
>be?
>
>--- Jon Page <jon.page@verizon.net> wrote:
> > At 10:13 PM 08/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > >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
> >
> > Match the felts, don't repeat someone else's lame
> > idea/mistake.
> >
> > Get them travelling straight and don't forget to
> > rebush the guide rails.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jon Page,   piano technician
> > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> > mailto:jon.page@verizon.net
> > http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
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