They wouldn't sell you the rejects, that are not good enough for their pianos that they sell, would they? John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. On 2011-04-21, at 5:36 PM, Ed Foote wrote: > Dale asks: > > >>Has anyone used the Damper felt from the Steinway plant in Queens? It seems softer than the Japanese stuff I typically use. Its not that expensive...IMO > > I have used the factory felt, and still can't understand why all the blocks are crooked and 90% of the trichords have one leg that is considerably thicker than the other. I can "pull" the legs on the trichords to make them make more evenly, but never found a way to use the blocks without gluing them on offset to meet the strings. I have examined numerous new Steinway pianos, and don't see any of the blocks leaning over like the ones they sell me, so what gives? > It is like the Renner pinning: the major expense is not in the purchase, it is in the time it takes to make it work... > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110421/b19b899d/attachment.htm>
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