<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: kawai dampers</title> </head> <body> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid"> <p>Wim's idea of weight is well worth looking into...what is the damper weight suppose to be on a Kawai?   Don M. should have an idea...</p> <p>Kawai's are  pretty well made and not likely the damper felt unless damaged or hard...</p> <p>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></p> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: richard.ucci@att.net<br/>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 3/17/2008 5:39:58 PM<br/>Subject: Re: kawai dampers<br/><br/> <div> </div> <div align="left">Not yet, but I can't ever remember having a problem with Yamaha dampers.</div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu>: -------------- <br/><br/><br/><font face="sans-serif" size="2">I really like Yamaha felt.  Easy to work with and efficient. Have you used it?</font> <br/><br/><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Paul</font> <br/><br/><br/><br/> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="40%"><font face="sans-serif" size="1"><b>richard.ucci@att.net</b> </font><br/><font face="sans-serif" size="1">Sent by: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</font> <p><font face="sans-serif" size="1">03/16/2008 12:30 PM</font> <table border="1"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div align="center"><font face="sans-serif" size="1">Please respond to<br/>Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></font></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br/> </p> </td> <td width="59%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td> <div align="right"><font face="sans-serif" size="1">To</font></div> </td> <td><font face="sans-serif" size="1">pianotech@ptg.org</font> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <div align="right"><font face="sans-serif" size="1">cc</font></div> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <div align="right"><font face="sans-serif" size="1">Subject</font></div> </td> <td><font face="sans-serif" size="1">kawai dampers</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br/> <table> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br/> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br/><br/><br/><font size="3">Hello fellow damper lovers,</font> <br/><font size="3"> </font> <br/><font size="3">I've got a Kawai kg2-d mid 80's with the usual bass damper tone leakage. Under lever pinning is fine, guide rail not binding, strings level, and no amount of wire bending is seating this damper enough to stop the tone leakage. </font><br/><font size="3">I'm going to replace the felt and see how that goes, what would be the best felt choice as well as any other suggestions?</font> <br/><font size="3">Thanks,</font> <br/><font size="3">Rick Ucci / Ucci Piano</font> <br/> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>