The oft neglected Damper Guide Rail

[Greg Newell]

List,
         I want to share with you 2 recent encounters which temporarily 
baffled me. The first was a ringing sound that sounded like an improperly 
seated damper head on a string. Which string I couldn't figure out since a 
few tests on each damper revealed no problems. Finally tightening the 
damper guide rail screws fixed the erroneous ringing. The second was a buzz 
not unlike something sitting on the soundboard or even a loose bridge pin. 
I've never had a loose guide rail produce a buzz before since they're 
mostly all felted underneath. Well this one was too but tightening the 
screws also fixed this problem. These were two very different issues but 
tightening the guide rail screws fixed them both. Might be worth a moment 
or two of your time during your next trouble shooting effort.

best,
Greg

Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net