<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>uprights</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Shawn Brock<BR><B>Sent:</B> September 02, 2008 2:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ilvey@sbcglobal.net; College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] uprights<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281334121-02092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3> ... </FONT></SPAN>One of my customers can not find happiness with her K52, the lower 2 tenor dampers seem to bleed regardless of the regulation.  I will be replacing the felts in the next week or so. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=281334121-02092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Try adding a little mass to the system. Stronger springs generally won't help. And if they are regulated, they are regulated. The problem is that they are simply not massive to dampen the higher partials.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=281334121-02092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=281334121-02092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>