Steinway dampers

[Avery]

Jesse,

At 06:09 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote:
>I'm not sure of the answer, but I do know this: the felt that 
>Steinway uses on the trichord notes leaves much to be desired. It 
>tends to be too weak to last, and many times ends up tearing. A good 
>way to prevent tearing is to depress the damper pedal while putting 
>in your temperament strip, so that the dampers are all lifted and 
>the trichord felt wont be in between the strings as your temperament 
>strip pushes the strings together.

I ALWAYS do that. No matter what the brand!

>If you don't keep the pedal depressed, the outside strings of the 
>trichord notes will be pushed toward the center string by your 
>strip, and the trichord wedges may be "locked" into the strings. As 
>soon as you play those trichord notes, the felt will tear because 
>the strings are pinching it and holding it down, but the damper head 
>is rising as the key is played.

When I'm using rubber mutes, I also ALWAYS lift the dampers with the 
key next to it to avoid any tearing of the felts!

Avery Todd

>
>Jesse Gitnik
>NYC
>Since 1980
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