This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment S Fox asks: "How long will gelled hide glue keep in the refrigerator?" =20 Quite awhile, but it starts to taste "off" after a few days. =20 Sorry. =20 Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Sarah Fox Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:55 PM To: Pianotech Subject: after-ring in new dampers Hi all, =20 I just got finished replacing a lot of moth-eaten felt on my old = Wissner, including of course the damper felt. Most of the dampers sound great -- = not too abrupt/whumpy, but not too sloppy either. No "whooshing" or = anything. The only problem is the split wedges I'm using over those wound = trichords that all you techs love so much. (Honesly, I think these notes sound = fine -- very "ballsy" and not poorly behaved at all.) The problem is that = the strings are spaced so closely that the little wedges don't insert = adequately between them. (The same wedges work fine for the plain wires in the = lower tenor section.) After sitting overnight, with the wedges gently = "pressed" in place between the strings, damping was OK, but not great, for about = 30 sec or so of playing. Then the after-ring started up again -- not BADLY like the night before, but still noticeably. =20 QUESTION: Is this the sort of problem that will go away by itself, as = the new dampers continue to seat? Or am I using the wrong wedges? Or = perhaps I should "skinny down" the tips of these wedges by filing their inside surfaces with an emery board? =20 Thanks for any advice! =20 Peace, Sarah =20 PS Don't y'all go sayin' no bad stuff 'bout my trichords! It's a damper problem, not a string problem!! ;-) =20 PPS How long will gelled hide glue keep in the refrigerator? -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 01/25/2005 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 01/25/2005 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d8/f8/53/06/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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