Steinway Parts Delays?

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Mary,
                Japanese felt is is much better cut than the Felt I have 
see from NY.  Fortunately I have access to Yamaha felt on this side of the 
border.  It's #1 in my book.   The Tokiwa felt looks and feels very 
similar, maybe the same supplier.  <G>

Regards Roger

t 09:17 PM 12/18/2003, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just be sure to raise the dampers off the strings when you insert your 
>mutes. Trichord wedges are notoriously feeble, and will tear at the 
>slightest provocation. One problem we have seen at UT is that the sides of 
>the trichord wedges are not cut evenly (this is on the replacement sets 
>we've bought from NY). In other words, one side is fat, the other, skinny. 
>This causes bad damping on the skinny side, and you have to resort to all 
>sorts of shenanigans to solve the problem. I am curious to know if the 
>Tokiwa felts have this problem or not. Eric?....
>
>Mary Smith
>University of Texas at Austin