---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Julia, Your comment about a "twangy" sound is a totally different thing that a damper problem. Sorry, I thought you meant the sound made when the hammer hits the strings. Damper problems are different! Avery At 08:02 PM 4/1/05, you wrote: >Greetings, > > Thats probably what it is. How is it remedied? New dampers? > >Julia >Reading, PA > >In a message dated 4/1/05 12:00:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, >pianotech@a440piano.net writes: > >>Julia, >> >>I would check the damper felts for noise when they lift. This is a very >>common issue with Kawai grands that I see. The felts are just too darn >>long, extending well below the string line, and, consequently create a lot >>of noise when lifting. See if that's not the case. Try "playing" notes >>with a mp type motion, but stop before the hammer hits the strings, listen >>for the individual damper swishing the strings. Alternately (also) try >>depressing the sustain pedal, and listen to the grand whoosh that these >>dampers likely will make. See if that's not what ails her. >> >>Respectfully, >>William R. Monroe > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c0/ed/6f/b3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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