[pianotech] Sound from strings

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Tue Mar 31 10:24:28 PDT 2009


Stéphane Collin wrote:

> My understanding is that this sound comes mainly from the W shaped damper
> felts who rub against the strings when they are lifted.  This is why older
> pianos don't have this problem, as they have smaller dampers and some have
> flat damper felts, who don't cause the objectionable sound, even on the bass
> strings.

This what you mean?
;-}

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