vertical dampers

[Greg Newell]

Brenda ,
    I've encountered quite a few kawai pianos with a ringing in the damper
stop rail. It's the same rail that used to have the hammer butt spring in
it. Anyway it's made of steel and rings like crazy on a good solid hammer
blow. I never spent much time on a cure because I never had a customer ask
about it so I figured ... don't fix what aint broken.
                                                            Greg Newell

Brenda Mamer wrote:

> Hi List,
> I have a piano teacher with a 15 yr. old  Kawai vertical UST7.  It has a
> general 'ringing'.  Pedal has some lost motion, dampers seem to be
> following the strings.  Wondering if people have been replacing these
> dampers with  newer, perhaps longer dampers?  Does this seem to be
> common with this model piano?  She has it backed up to the corner of
> her room, not against the wall.  Wondering if this might exaggerate the
> ringing?
>                                         Thanks in advance,
>
>                                                     Brenda Mamer, RPT
> WI