This is my guess too. I'll work in this direction. It is in a home and I won't be going back until next week. John On Thu, 6 May 1999, Kenneth Sloane wrote: ]John- The tip of the damper may be resting on a node. If so, the damper ]might be exciting a partial as violinists do by lightly pressing on nodes. ]My recollection is that I have fixed problems like this by moving the damper ]a little forward or backward. Doing this, of course, necessitates rebending ]the wire. Ken Sloane, Oberlin conservatory ]--------------------------- ]--On Thu, May 6, 1999 11:38 AM -0500 "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu> wrote: ] ]> I have a 2 year old D that has a ringing damper problem that is trying my ]> patience! When F-5 is played, after releasing there is a harmonic given ]> off by F-2 which is the first note on the treble bridge. I've changed the ]> felt, to no avail. If I lightly touch any ONE of the 3 strings on either ]> side of the damper the problem stops. I've tried yarn in the tri-chord ]> felt, tipping the damper fore and aft, and side to side. I'm stumped! Any ]> advice? I'm rarely unable to make these disappear, but I've tried all my ]> tricks. What's a guy to do? ]> ]> ]> John Minor ]> University of Illinois ]> ] ]
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