[pianotech] Damping issue

[Duane McGuire]

Thank you all for sharing your experience!

With the perspective you provided, it was obvious on inspection this
evening, that these two dampers were not slit as deeply as their
neighbors.   I corrected that and problem solved.

Thanks for the lesson!



On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Duane McGuire
<pianoman at duanemcguire.com> wrote:
> Thanks all for your insights.
>
> Joe, yes.  I have leveled the strings.
>
> I'll get back to this piano tonight and let you know what does it.
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Duane McGuire <biz at duanemcguire.com> wrote:
>> Thanks all for your insights.
>>
>> Joe, yes.  I have levelled the strings.
>>
>> I'll get back to this piano tonight and let you know what does it.
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2011 10:00 AM, "John Ross" <jrpiano at eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>> Try a piece of fishing line or string in the spllt, it will spread it
>>> minimally.
>>> Possibly deepen the split as well with a razor blade.
>>> John Ross
>>> Windsor, Nova Scotia
>>> On 2011-07-19, at 11:44 AM, Duane McGuire wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm working on a 4' 8" Pearl River.
>>>>
>>>> F#3 and G#3 seem to dampen the fundamental and lower partials well.
>>>> For each of these notes the 5th partial rings with many seconds of
>>>> sustain after the damper falls. Interestingly, it is the right
>>>> string in each of these that is sounding the 5th partial so clearly.
>>>> These are split dampers.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this is a "damper problem", or if I'm looking at
>>>> something else. Other notes in the section dampen well.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Duane McGuire
>>>> 801-830-5858
>>>> http://www.mcguirepiano.com
>>>
>>
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> Duane McGuire
> 801-830-5858
> http://www.mcguirepiano.com
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