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<DIV><BR><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>" stock was shipped out
according to Herrburger Brooks up to 1950s"</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, you can usually tell by the casework
design and I've come across plenty overdamper pianos made in the late 40's and
early 50's.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, when an overdamper action is
working properly I still prefer playing that piano to an underdamper version;
the action of the sustain pedal is so much more precise because of the absence
of all those squishy springs. One such piano might be this Bluthner which has a
very old breast action.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>And here is the mother of all overdamper
pianos: a tri-overstrung Neumeyer. Of course it would be very tricky designing
it with underdampers.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From a sunny east coast (and about time
too)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS You don't dare pitch raise these beasts;
the strings just go bang!</FONT></DIV>
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