softening crusty dampers

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Wed Sep 20 09:47:45 MDT 2006


At 11:17 AM 9/20/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Conrad,
>
>Quite so. Any idea what is causing the crust?? I had long attributed it to 
>accumulation of stuff out of the air, since it often seemed to be just a 
>'crust', at the surface. But, now, with you prediciton of its return, I 
>wonder about the true source. And, more to be encountered in inexpensive 
>little verticals, too, rather than nicer instruments. An inherent 
>deficiency in the felt itself perhaps???
>
>Robin


I don't know why, a crust just seems to reappear. I've never autopsied the 
dampers, I just bury them.




Conrad Hoffsommer

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