Dummy Damper/Tom

[Barbara Richmond]

There once was a damper called dummy.

The notes he stopped getting too runny.

His spring was so strong,

He sprang into song!

The technician, he made himself money.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: RE: Dummy Damper/Tom


>
> >To repeat my position: I am asserting that the auxiliary damper lever's
> >primary purpose is not for such a thing at all, but was introduced with
> >the two lift rod pianos in mind to keep the two rods acting as though
they
> >were one.
>
> The bass damper lift pulls the bass section of the rod away from the tenor
> section, and the damper lift from the tenor section lifts the bass
directly
> by the tenor section bar. That will happen whether the auxiliary lever is
> holding the sections together or not. So what's the benefit of merely
> holding the sections together, and the penalty for not?
>
> Ron N
>


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