<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>>----- Original Message -----<br>>They wouldn't sell you the rejects, that are not good enough for their pianos that they sell, <br>>would they?<div>>John Ross</div>>Windsor, Nova Scotia.<br><div><br>A guy who graduated from North Bennet Street a year before me went to work as a damper man at a piano factory (doesn't matter which) and shared with us the secret of factory dampers. More than half the trichord wedge damper felt that comes down the assembly line is as described: one leg thicker than the other. That's just the way it comes out - no matter who manufactures it. The guys on the line simply refuse to use it if it isn't perfect or near perfect... <br><br>Israel Stein <br><br>>>On 2011-04-21, at 5:36 PM, Ed Foote wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">
<div style="font-family: helvetica,arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Da<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif">le asks: </font><br>
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<font color="navy" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">>>Has an<font color="navy" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">yone
used the Damper felt from the Steinway plant in Queens? It seems softer
than the Japanese stuff I typically use. Its not that expensive...IMO</font></font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; font-size: small;"> I
have used the factory felt, and still can't understand why all the
blocks are crooked and 90% of the trichords have one leg that is
considerably thicker than the other. I can "pull" the legs on the
trichords to make them make more evenly, but never found a way to use
the blocks without gluing them on offset to meet the strings. </span></font></span></font>I
have examined numerous new Steinway pianos, and don't see any of the
blocks leaning over like the ones they sell me, so what gives?</div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; font-size: small;"> It is like the Renner pinning: the major expense is not in the purchase, it is in the time it takes to make it work...</span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; font-size: small;">Regards, </span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; font-size: small;">Ed Foote RPT</span></font></span></font></div>
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