Here's one NOBODY ever heard of

[Gregor _]

I never heard of using sandpaper for damper work, but I think it´s a really 
good tip. I use the voicing tool for it, penetrating the felt with the 
needles.

Gregor



>From: PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Here's one NOBODY ever heard of
>Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:37:34 EST
>
>One time I was faced with the problem of some crusty treble damper felts in
>an upright that were causing that "zinging" sound when damping the strings. 
>It
>  wasn't a sever case, and the felts had to be sanded very lightly with the
>finest  grit sandpaper out there. Being that I didn't have any, I used a 
>bit on
>ingenuity by using my index finger as sandpaper - -the part of the finger
>that  makes fingerprints. It seems that the ridges that form the 
>fingerprints are
>just  abrasive enough to do the job on a lightly-crusted damper felt!
>
>Jesse Gitnik  NYC
>Tech. since 1980

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