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[William R. Monroe]

Hi John,

Nice meeting you at KC!

I think peeling off would be trouble.  For starters, you'd have to go through and reset all the damper timing.  Unless of course you were lucky enough to have a piano in which all the dampers were lifting late, then it might solve two problems.  ;-]

William R. Monroe



  You can "fluff up" the crusty damper felt with an emery board or something similar. I wouldn't leave any grooves in the damper felt before reinstallation -- otherwise, it would indeed take hours. Could you also peel off a layer of the flat felts if there were deep grooves? 

  JF


  On 6/28/07, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
    I'll second that. I never touch a damper flange screw on worn dampers if
    there are no problems. If you tighten them or take them off and reinstall,
    the flange will likely move slightly and the grooves will no longer line up 
    with the strings. The result is ringing dampers that you can spend hours
    fussing with trying to reseat the worn grooves.


    Dean

    Dean May   


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