<!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 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Hi Jason,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>First questions to ask are:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Do you want the instrument to be as close to original as possible?  Or do you simply want it to dampen well?  Define your goals first, then find the solution.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>There is nothing that says any piano can not dampen well with a different damper felt pattern than the piano originally had.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>And, yes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Proximal = closer to your point of reference.</FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Distal = further from your point of reference.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Very typically our point of reference is the seated pianist/tech.</FONT></DIV> <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=jkanter@rollingball.com href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">Jason Kanter</A> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2>....................</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2>[I am using "front" to mean closest to keyboard, "back" to mean closest to tail .. is that also "proximal" and "distal" respectively?]</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2>Question: When replacing grand dampers, should I just copy what was done before, or is there a "best practice" here that trumps whatever may have been done before? </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2>Thx</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2>Jason Kanter</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>