Noisy trichord felt

[stanwood]

>Anybody have tricks on getting rid of damper lift noise in the trichord
>wedges.

The surface of the wool fibres are very rough and the coefficient of friction
of the wool fibre surface is very high.  This makes for noise.

Thinking about this I tried reducing the coefficient of friction by putting
a little protek on my finger and then lightly rubbing the string were the
trichord felt hits, and the felt too.  The result was a clearly noticable
reduction in noise.

I don't do this regularly although Ken Prescot of Boston does as a regular
course.  I'm not sure how long the effect lasts and I would be reluctant to
load up the felt with anything more than trace amounts of additives.

Perhaps a high polish of the string were the felt meets would give a
permenant effect with out chemicals.  A foredom tool, felt bobs, and a few
grades of fine grit might be worth trying.

Stanwood
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