<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Hi Dave, On the wedgies one can also move the string sideways so = that the damper will work better. Use your ll pliers. or even a screw driver flat = blade side ways. On the flats sometimes just needeling the felt to bring it up = or very fine grit sand paper drawn only on one half ( front or back ) of the = damper and trim off the felt pulled out. I let only the weight of the damper do the = work as you do not want to over do . One pull at a time with 300 paper. I have = never had to do this on new felts, only the old stuff.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When the string is at rest and the damper hits slightly on its = front edge first, the damper will be comming to rest on the speaking string flush, = due to the amplitude of the wave of the speaking string.</DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 07, 2005 = 7:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: slight damper zing = on the way down</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Hi Joe,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Interestingly, I have some on some of the tricords, and a few = blocks that are doing it.  It isn't all of the dampers.  I don't want to = mess much with the string level, because strings have been leveled and = hammers have been mated.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/6/2005 9:42:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, imatunr@srvinet.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>Hi Dave,</DIV> <DIV>Are you refering to flat felt or the weggies?</DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A title=mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A title=http://www.mothergoosetools.com/ = href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com/">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></D= IV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>