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<DIV><SPAN class=630302713-20082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Sorry,
I asked about damper felt on a Baldwin B (duh?). I was =
catching up,
cramming through posts after vacation and I mixed two posts from =
Steinway B and
posts about Baldwins. I am replacing Baldwin D felt next week and =
I have
precut Steinway and Yamaha strip and was wondering what others =
used. I can
also use Renner. The original was longer than the length of the =
precut
Steinway. Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Lance Lafargue, RPT<BR>Mandeville, LA<BR>New Orleans =
Chapter,
PTG<BR>lancelafargue@bellsouth.net<BR>985.72P.IANO</FONT> =
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-caut@ptg.org =
[mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:03
PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> speaking of damper
problems<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=2>I am, as
we speak, working on a 30 year old B with some damper problems. There =
are
about a dozen notes that just won't damping cleanly, and the rest that =
could
use improving. I rebushed the guide rail and replaced all the damper =
felts
over Christmas, and that is when the problems started. C2 in =
particular just
doesn't want to shut off and F#1 has high overtones coming out when =
the key is
released. I remedied the problem several months ago by gluing a small =
nut to
the lever, with the intention of looking at this thing in detail over =
the
summer. Well, it's summer time, and I am working on it. <BR><BR>I took =
the
damper tray out of the piano, and cleaned all the groves, and bent the =
springs
slightly. It's got Teflon bushing, so there is no restrictions there.
Everything works and looks perfect. Since there seems to be a general =
problem
throughout the piano, I was thinking of adding a little weight to each =
lever.
I realize that would increase touch weight, but if it was done =
uniformly, I
though it might not be as noticeable. <BR><BR>Before I put the tray =
back in,
are there any ideas, thoughts, suggestions that might help solve this =
problem.
<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>