<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>And if you have, for instance, a pianist who likes to "taper off" the damper pedal at the end of a long trill or appogiatura, you will get remarkable oinks and groans from the long dampers!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>ES</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano57@flash.net href="mailto:piano57@flash.net">Barbara Richmond</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> 4/30/2005 1:55:41 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] long dampers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, the dampers were actually dampening to a certain degree all the time, because they were quite clearing the strings (Just look, some of those babies are hitting the guide rail!).  So, it went from somewhat dead tone a clear, clean sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>B</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=741662027@theshusters.org href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</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> Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:52 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] long dampers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Barb,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>How did the sound change?  (Other than eliminating the "whoosh"!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=piano57@flash.net href="mailto:piano57@flash.net">Barbara Richmond</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> Saturday, April 30, 2005 10:23 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] long dampers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just for fun, here's a picture of a set!  The piano sounded much better with the damper felt out of the way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>