Thanks Conrad. That's pretty much what I thought - good explanation - thanks. Terry Farrell > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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