<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17102" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Even a quick wipe with your finger tip will eliminate much of the noise. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] "Sizzling" Dampers-Cleaning Them?????</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>This usually works well for me, also. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>And possibly needling the felt with a voicing tool.<BR> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>-- <BR> <DIV>John Formsma, RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV>Blue Mountain, MS</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Laura Olsen <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:laura-olsen@att.net">laura-olsen@att.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">A light sanding with an emery board (nail file - open grit, fine side) works well. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Laura Olsen<BR> <DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>