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<font size=3>Chuck,<br><br>
Adjusting the distance of the felt from the strings can help also.
Try flexing the rail so that it is close to the strings in the offending
section. The felt gets a lot less momentum going, and doesn't whack
the strings.<br><br>
Don Mannino RPT<br><br>
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At 11:10 PM 1/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Problem:
With "sanity pedal" engaged, and when the player is also using
sustain pedal, the muffler felt is hitting the strings immediately
adjacent to the one being struck. <br>
Has anyone tried slicing the felt between unisons as a viable cure?
I'm thinking that that might alter the stiffness of the felt section so
much that its function would be lost, or the felt would twist or even
wear out too soon? <br>
I'll probably be replacing the felt in a couple of years anyway, because
the subject piano is a Yamaha M450 console on a shared wall in an
apartment complex, where the polite owner is trying to be a good neighbor
- meaning the middle pedal is usually locked down. <br>
Thanks in advance for kind suggestions. <br><br>
Chuck <br><br>
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Chuck Christus, RPT <br>
Flagler Beach, FL</font><font face="arial" size=3>
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