<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I found one of these where there was a fair amount of noise coming from the damper wires at the guide rails bushings. You can hear this by using the sustain pedal to slowly raise all the dampers to the point where the wedge felts have cleared the strings, and then working the pedal quickly up and down from this point to the stop position. I found that a drop of protek applied to each damper wire and allowed to run down into the guide rail bushing while working the damper reduced this noise noticeably, but you'll still need to trim the damper felts themselves as Howard suggests.<br> <br> - Mark Dierauf<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotuna55@comcast.net">pianotuna55@comcast.net</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C081920071546.22307.46C865F3000940C5000057232215593414CACA0E029A9B01020E079F@comcast.net%3E" type="cite"> <div>Dave:</div> <div>Your problem may have been already answered but I'll throwing in my 2 cents.</div> <div>I've been faced with the same thing a few years back with the shoosh in a Kawai RX-6 grand in a recording studio with mics right at the dampers.  This piano has many tri chords and a good shoosh.  Of course being a new piano I was NOT going to do ANYTHING on my own.  I forgot who I talked to at Kawai but this is what they said.   You need a pair of serrated hair cutting scissors  (can find at beauty supply store).  They can be expensive so by the best you can afford.  You can't find them at Wal-Mart!   Next, pull the action, remove each damper and trim a sliver of felt that extends below the string so the damper just sits evenly on top of the string.  Before you remove dampers, wedge the lift tray at the factory set level so damper timing will be correct after trimming.   Be careful not to trim too much.   It did the job.</div> <div>Howard Jackson  </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">-------------- Original message -------------- <br> From: "Farrell" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"><mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com></a> <br> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dave - PTG.org is back up and running.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Terry Farrell</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="dsmith941@comcast.net" href="mailto:dsmith941@comcast.net">Dave Smith</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:47 AM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> damper shoosh noise</div> <div><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I kinow this is in the archives, but the site seems to be inop this morning, so please humor me..</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">A recording studio is hearing the damper shoosh which occurs when depressing the sustain pedal.  Is there a way to decrease or eliminate this sound for close mic-ing?  </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks for the help.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dave </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Smith</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">SW FL</font></div> <div> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>