Accurate cutting strips of cloth for Damper backing

Avery Todd avery1@houston.rr.com
Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:22:01 -0500


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Cosmetics? Because that's the way "they" did it????? :-)

Avery

At 11:33 AM 9/18/05, you wrote:
>"...it MUST have those red backs sandwiched=20
>between the damper felt and the hardwood damper heads!"
>
>Why?
>
>Terry Farrell
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>Michael Gamble
>
>Thanks, Terry, for your suggestions. You=92re=20
>right! I didn=92t mention what type of piano. It=92s=20
>my S&S =91A=92 =85 So it=92s a grand =96 and it MUST have=20
>those red backs sandwiched between the damper=20
>felt and the hardwood damper heads! I=92ll bear=20
>your suggestions in mind for uprights though, Terry! Thanks for the photos!
>Regards
>Michael G.(UK)
>
>
>----------
>From: Farrell [mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com]
>
>First of all, I have another question: why use=20
>backing felt/cloth at all? You don't state if=20
>your question refers to vertical or grand=20
>dampers. When I build vertical dampers, I felt=20
>the backs - you could do the other side the same=20
>way for felt/cloth backing material. I cut new=20
>wooden backs and simply glue the felt to the=20
>wood first, then cut the composite (felt + wood)=20
>on the bandsaw. If you are trying to do grand=20
>dampers, then this idea wouldn't work. But again, why use backing=
 felt/cloth?
>
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