<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>uprights</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh, yes!  The best news and advice I have received in years!  Thanks Del!  I'll give this a try.  Gosh its so simple but I never thought of it.  When it comes to over analyzing I'm one of the best!  If the solutions were easy to find I would be golden.  Thanks again!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn Brock, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.shawnbrock.com">www.shawnbrock.com</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=del@fandrichpiano.com href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">'College and University Technicians'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 02, 2008 5:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] uprights</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <A href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</A> [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> <A href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A>; 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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>