noisy grand dampers

[John Ross]

Hi Clyde,
Sounds like the dampers need to be trimmed.
Very sharp scissors required.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:51 AM
Subject: noisy grand dampers


> Friends,
> 
> Yesterday I tuned a 1993 Kawai KG-2A grand piano, which I've been tuning
> every six months since 1998.  This time the client asked if anything
> could be done about the sustain noise, what I would call a type of
> whoosh as the sustain pedal is depressed.  In my opinion she is talking
> about the sound of the damper wires rubbing in the damper guide rail
> holes, combined with the sound of the 23 trichord dampers lifting off
> the strings.
> 
> I used CLP on all the guide rail bushings, and that seemed to take care
> of that noise, but I think the other will not go away until the part of
> the trichord dampers that goes down between the strings is trimmed away.
> 
> Is there any efficient and neat way to do this without removing the
> dampers?  What procedure do I follow?
> 
> Regards,
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> 
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