Felt storage..( was Is Ben.......)

[PIANOBIZ@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-05-04 09:03:40 EDT, you write:

>
>I recently started to install new damper felts on a Steinway grand at
school.
>The felt was a set of pre-cut dampers (both bass and treble) packaged
>specifically for the model of the piano I am working on, purchased from
>APSCO.
>
>These dampers were purchased some time ago during a budget friendly year, so
>I stocked up and bought about a dozed sets.
>
>The problem is, the felts have turned yellowish, in spite of the fact that
>the package was unopened and was kept in a relatively "clean" area in a
>locked cabinet.
>
>Have any of you experienced this and what do you do? Any secrets?
>
>Paul Dempsey
>Marshall University
>wippen@aol.com

Paul
Not that I have had that exact problem, but I did stop buying those sets
because the cut of the felt pads wasn't straight down.  It was a nuisance to
get them to align the strings properly as they went sideways a little bit.
 We began buying the strips and cutting them on that nylon cutting jig and
the guillotine.

Second item:  APSCO's Schad (Jr.) is here in Boston this weekend exhibiting
for the New England, Eastern Canada Regional Seminar.  I'm going over there
right now and I'll put that question to him directly for you.  I'll get back
with you on Sunday eve.  Maybe I'll have an answer....maybe.
David Sanderson
Pianobiz@aol.com