At 05:43 AM 8/4/2005 -0400, you wrote: >1950-ish Baldwin L grand, all original. Raise dampers with pedal and then >release pedal. Dampers make quite an audible thump. Remove action and >manually lift a dozen or so dampers and you get a similar thump - it is >especially prominent with the bicords - very little noise from the flat >dampers. > >Is this nothing more than the sound that 55 year-old grand dampers make? >That is my strong suspicion. > >Terry Farrell Probably. Ossified dampers, plus the fact that they are so well seated that the entire damper hits the side ridges at once, instead of that ever so slight lead of one end. Just like that "ahhh" when you plop yourself in the recliner after a long day of damper regulation, all them bichords are sighing with relief. Conrad Hoffsommer It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.
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