Why would there be felt overhanging the sides of the damper head? Terry Farrell On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:19 PM, William Monroe wrote: > Steven, > > As some others have suggested, I do grand dampers in the piano. But > I'd add a step. Before gluing on the felts, I use a block that > simulates the thickness of the damper felt to rest under the damper > heads on the strings, and roughly time all the dampers, sans felt. > Then I regulate the damper wire bends, getting them nice and square > with the strings. Then, install the felts with hot hide; the heads > clamp and align the dampers. This way, when the felts are glued in, > they end up with a nice even overhang on either side of the head, > and are about 90% regulated. Some minor tweaking for bleeders > follows, but it is very minimal. Neat method I learned from a guy > who has done a bazillion (maybe a bazillion and one) sets of dampers. > William R. Monroe > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Steven Hopp > <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm wondering how many of you glue new damper felt on old heads and > wires with dampers in the piano and/or out? I have a set to do on a > newly strung piano and this is the first set I am attempting. I > have Susan Grahms articles from the PTG technical prep manual and > her method and I have a method and suggestion from a colleague who > suggests something different. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > Steven Hopp > Midland, TX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100301/bcaedb51/attachment.htm>
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