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Hi Richard,<br>
No one has mentioned damper follow. Pressing the bass strings with
your thumb, your should be able to press the string towards the plate
about 1/16" to 1/8" and have the damper head follow the
string. You will now be sure that the damper felt is resting snugly
against the string.<br>
Adjusting damper follow, you will now need to do a compete damper
regulation. Pedal timing, spoons etc.<br>
This is a very common problem.<br><br>
Regards Roger<br><br>
<br><br>
At 12:27 PM 6/30/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Last month, I asked advice on
replacing damper felts on an upright. I did the job this week, and
want to report my success and ask additional advice.<br>
<br>
As per the list's consensus, I used hot hide glue (a mini-slow-cooker was
perfect!), practicing my technique on my own piano first! Things
went well, and I'm please with the glue results--both on my piano and the
customer's. <br>
<br>
I learned an interesting lesson--my piano has 11 single wound strings and
21 bichords, more than the 10 and 20 in the box from Schaff. As
soon as I realized that I wouldn't have enough, I saved a couple of each
damper before installing on my piano, in case the customer's was the same
way. It, however, had 10 singles and 18 bichords, so I was safe
(still short one single for my piano, though!). <br>
<br>
On the customer's piano, I was mostly happy with the results of the
job. Each damper, after regulating, effectively stops the string
from vibrating, and lifts well away from the string to allow it to sound
properly. However, after damping, there is still a lot of 'ring' in
the piano--at least, more than I want--and that is something I was hoping
the damper replacement would cure. Did I not do a good enough job
of regulating the dampers (I thought I did--each string/damper worked as
I wanted), or is there something else going on? <br>
<br>
I solicit your thoughts on this matter.<br>
Richard Morgan<br><br>
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