ghosts

[Greg Newell]

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Clyde,
If there was contamination, where do you think it came from? Likely from=20
the top, no? You're finger temporarily disturbed the felt that was=20
contaminated removing the "crust". It will return. Replace them.

Greg


At 08:23 PM 11/5/2003, you wrote:

>Friends,
>
>While tuning a little 1959 Janssen console today I found that when I
>depressed the sustain pedal I would get all these little ghostly tones
>as the dampers came off the strings.  A few of them showed obvious signs
>of some type of contamination, brownish stuff.
>
>On a whim I depressed the pedal, chose on of the worst offenders and
>just lightly caressed the top edge with my finger.  Then I depressed the
>pedal again and the ghost tone was gone!  It took about a minute to do
>all the flat dampers, and they were as quiet as new!  So how long do you
>think this will last?  Not long, I think, but can anyone explain what
>actually happened here?  No rubbing, sanding, or anything beyond the
>slight touch.
>
>But the bass dampers still sing.  I couldn't do anything with them
>today.  Replacing them would be best, I know.
>
>Regards,  Clyde
>
>
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Greg Newell
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