<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: damper shoosh noise</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046273717-20082007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Try a medical supply place. My father (a doctor) used all kinds of scissors similar to those you picture.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046273717-20082007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046273717-20082007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John Delacour<BR><B>Sent:</B> August 19, 2007 3:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: damper shoosh noise<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>At 2:35 pm -0700 19/8/07, Jurgen Goering wrote:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Do not use serrated scissors.  What you need is hair cutting scissors with micro-toothing.  (Perhaps that is what Howard J. meant ?)  The micro-teeth keep the fibers from sliding away from the blades, but the teeth actually stop short of the cutting edge...</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV>I would recommend rather the scissors with angled blades, which are available from most of the European suppliers:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV align=center><IMG src="cid:046273717@20082007-2FC3"></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>An old colleague of mine, who is now dead and did no bequeath me his ancient treasures, had a pair of scissors with the blades angled in the other plane and I would dearly love to find a supplier of such scissors, which are ideal for damper trimming.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>A pair of damper felt squeezing pliers is also desirable.  I have the 50mm size.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV align=center><IMG src="cid:046273717@20082007-2FCA"></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>