Well, I see you guys are doing pretty much what I'm doing, give or take a minor psychotic episode or two. Brian T is certainly right in saying that shorter (under 3/4") is generally better than longer. Jim B, Vince, Brian and Wim are right in saying that you can add the third, use what was originally there as a point of departure, and do whatever works... respectively. The only other criteria I've come up with is to try to position the transitions between double trichords, trichord and pad, and two pad configurations to try to blend the damping efficiency up through the treble so there isn't a big difference in damping rate (I almost said "leakage") at the transitions. That would mean, mostly, not taking the trichords too high, and making whatever deals were necessary with whatever snake haired administrators of such things as were available to accomplish this. I try to use the best I can get from the bass as a standard for the rest. Mostly, I try to do what I reasonably can with it without letting it take over my life. Then there's the spot where they end, followed by no damper at all. I had someone complain about their piano last week that the notes in the treble keep on ringing, like, maybe, those damper things weren't working, except at the very top, where it just went "dink". ((Very) Heavy) Sigh. Where dampers are concerned, we are definitely having fun. It's ALIVE, it won't SHUT UP!!! Thanks much for the responses. Ron
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