Grand damper felt alignment

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Bob,
              I agree with you, one little variation, I use a machinist 
rule to align the tri chords, by pressing down into the V.

Regards Roger.



>I don't like to put the dampers in to use the string as a guide. The head 
>might not be perfectly aligned to the string, and I want to fix that 
>separately, later. I leave the dampers out until the glue dries. Alignment 
>of the felt front to back and side to side can be best done as in the 
>first part of your note. Before the felt is cut, be sure to mark one side 
>of it (on the surface which is to be glued), and keep all the marks to the 
>same side. That way, if the felt is not perfectly symmetrical (hah) it 
>will still match front to back. Then, the eye and fingers are best gauges 
>of alignment, while the felt and head are still in your hand. If you have 
>some which are trichord wedges front and back, you can set a knife blade 
>in the center slots to align if it makes you feel better, but it shouldn't 
>be necessary.
>
>The damper heads might now not align with the strings, but you want to fix 
>that anyway - at least the felt is aligned with the head.
>
>Bob Davis

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