[pianotech] Gluing Damper Felt

[Terry Farrell]

Why not buy felt the proper width?

Terry Farell

On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:17 PM, William Monroe wrote:

> Because most often I find the damper felt is slightly wider than the  
> damper head.  So, there may be a mm or some such on either side of  
> the damper head.  Not always, but often IME.
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com 
> > wrote:
> 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
>
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