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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
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12.0pt'>Well it’s certainly my opinion that dampers stop too soon =
on the
B. We have a new one in a piano professor’s studio and for =
some
reason E6 really rings when you play C5. The only thing I could do =
was to
stretch the tuning of E6 a little so it didn’t ring quite as =
badly.
It was the 5<sup>th</sup> partial of C5 making the 2<sup>nd</sup> =
partial of E6
ring so stretching a little helped just enough to stop the =
complaints.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font =
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span =
style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Wimblees@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February =
28, 2006
12:19 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] damper =
question</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>One of our piano profs complained
that F6 on her B was not damping. She has been playing this piano, =
and
other B's, not to mention D's and other pianos, for I don't =
know how
long, (she's about 75 years old). But now, all of a sudden, she =
complains that
the note is not damping. Go figure. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>But this kind of got me interested =
in
something. I looked at other pianos, from small spinets to concert =
grands,
and noticed that dampers end anywhere from D6 - G6. There doesn't seem =
to be
any rhyme or reason or pattern where they end. So my question is, is =
there a
"rule of thumb," or something much more sophisticated, to tell =
an
scaler or piano engineer where to stop the =
dampers?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Wim <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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PTSIZE=10><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Willem
Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
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of <st1:PlaceName
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Alabama</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tuscaloosa</st1:City>, =
<st1:State
w:st="on">AL</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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