<html> At 08:58 PM 9/3/2003 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>This arrangement give good damping except on some S&S A 2s  which I think tmight have the dampers  sitting on nodal point. I've had some real trouble with damping in some of these. Perhaps this is why they were discontinued in favor of the A -3.      Dale </blockquote> Hi, Dale. I once broke a long (unwound) tenor string in an S&S A (not sure if A2 or A3 ...) and I had the very devil of a time getting the damper to work after I replaced it. Well, it sort of worked, but had a nasty overtone whine, even after I replaced the felt. I finally got fed up with it, and put a small square of flat felt in between the two main pieces, near where the wire went by. It worked great! And it couldn't be seen once installed. Then, I noticed that all the tenor dampers had at least some of the same problem, and probably would have worked better with a third small piece of felt. I did one more which was particularly obnoxious. Susan </html>