Just looked at my AA (1939 vintage) and found someone had glued on thin strips of felt (a la fallboard felt) to build up the key end felts _EXCEPT_ for the lowest 6 notes. They were the original felt only. Must be something to what you say. Phil Ryan Miami Beach Tom Sivak wrote: > List > > In the process of rebuilding a Mason and Hamlin AA, I now have to > replace the key end felts. As I was removing the old ones, I noticed > that the bass section had thinner felts than the rest of the piano. I > never noticed this before on any other piano, but then, I didn't > really notice it on this piano until I started razorblading them off. > > Is this standard procedure? I know the strings are a higher in the > bass section, but the blow distance and the key dip is the same, so > what purpose could there be behind having thinner key end felts in > that section? > > It looks to me as if they are original felts. I wouldn't be replacing > them if they weren't so worn out to begin with. (Big dents in the > felt; some bigger than others; I was unable to get an even damper lift > from the keys even though they lifted evenly from the damper lever.) > > Thanks in advance, > Tom Sivak > Chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060801/2b22bc00/attachment.html
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