Hy Ed I think trichord felt from anywhere must come that way. Tokiwa ...the same deal. I cut the slot deeper and add 1 to 2 pieces of kite string to get them to work. If that fails, I use the trusty damper smushing plier on the fat leg. I HATE DAMPERS.....really! Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Sitka Soundboard Sales Ronsen Piano hammers 209-577-8397 -----Original Message----- From: Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 1:36 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Damper Felt 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/b0d7dd02/attachment.htm>
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