Zinging dampers

[Bill Ballard]

At 9:40 PM -0800 3/2/04, David Love wrote:
>Need a quick fix for a recording studio piano with several zinging dampers
>in the tenor section.  Is the flat or split damper more likely to be the
>culprit in such a case.

As a rule, wedge make their noise on the way up and flats on the way 
down. If your tenor dampers have one in the front and the other in 
the back (not likely in a bigger piano), you can tip the damer head 
front to back to favor one side (and remove the other side from the 
equation) to see which one is making the noise.

But I'd guess what you're talking is the "oink" from the flats. And 
I've tried everything (including fabric softener!), and still have no 
answer. Were it lift noise coming from the wedges, you could put on 
vertical grain felt (which will turn into flat felt within six 
months).

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

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