Les.. I've had the same experience with a Kimball. There is no cure for that thing! The dampers hit the wrong place on the strings...a node...so the only possible cure is to move the dampers up, but that will be in the way of the hammer, so it is a lousy piano design. Dick RPT ---------- > From: Leslie W Bartlett <lesbart@juno.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: after-ring > Date: Friday, November 07, 1997 1:00 PM > > List: > > I sort of tuned a Kimball console this morning that had a slight > "after-ring" when playing A-440. All dampers "seemed" to be mating the > strings correctly. When I pushed the A-440 damper tightly against the > three strings, it did NOT diminish the after ring. I went up-n-down the > strings, placing hand on them, hoping to find the offending note, but > didn't. > > What next? > > Thanks > > Leslie > lesbart@juno.com > "I've given up my search for truth. I'm now looking for a fairy > godmother."
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