Oinking dampers

[David ilvedson]

> From:          A440A@aol.com
> Date:          Wed, 20 Aug 1997 07:23:09 -0400 (EDT)
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:       Re: Oinking dampers

Ed & List,

It usually is the wedge dampers that cause this problem.  Can't 
say that I've noticed flats doing it.  


> Greetings:
> 
> >When the shift is engaged I often have an oinking sound from the 
> >dampers when the sustain pedal is released.  Possibly the left 
> >string isn't vibrating the same as the other two...anyone have a 
> >solution?
> 
>      This is the sort of noise that, once heard, has pianists fearing to let
> go of the last chords in anything. It always seem to have a perfectly quiet
> background to come leaping at you, usually right at the end of the softest,
> most sensitive parts of the music. 
>       Things that worked for me are are: real straight up and down travel,
> leveled strings, polished strings where the dampers contact, peel off the
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> slightest thinness of felt from block dampers face, roughen the surface of
> wedge dampers with 220 grit wet or dry paper, run a few needles through them,
>  then replace with new felt. 
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I love that part!  Maybe I'll just replace the felt first...

> Good luck, 
> Ed Foote 
> Precision Piano Works
> Nashville, Tn
> 
> 
> 
ilvey
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@a.crl.com