Thanks for telling us it's the bass dampers. Now, we get a better picture. One of the reasons this piano is not the greatest instrument, as you say, is because it was built with inferior materials. Now is your chance to upgrade one part of that - the bass dampers. Considering the instrument, I would bet any money the felt was poor quality - too dense felt to start out with and has just gone even firmer over the years. Salt water or desert, it is inevitable. (besides, if it really was a salt crust, there wouldn't be much left of the string wire) The crust is not the problem. The dampers are the problem. Pull a damper back with your finger and let it go. Does it sound like a little hammer hitting the string? Then it is like a little hammer hitting the string. Replace them. Bass dampers are no biggie. Slice their felt blocks off the damper blocks and put in a whole new set of dampers with backing boards. Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 info at pianofortesupply.com http://www.pianofortesupply.com On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:04 PM, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: > Thanks for all the great responses. The main problem is with the > bicord and monocord dampers. They should be replaced, I agree, but > the piano is not the greatest insturument ever built. If I can't get > a satisfactory result early on in my attempts to soften the felt, I'll > suggest it to the owner. > > Dave Stahl -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1706 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060920/46d45225/attachment.bin
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