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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Hi, Ron <br>
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Obviously you didn't hear Del talking about the need for both spring <br>
tension and mass to get good damping. The metal gives the mass, as he <br>
found out when he replaced a set of those metal damper heads with wood.
<br>
<br>
Even though my life has become a series of Senior Moments, I'm 98.5%
sure it <br>
was Del who said this.<br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
Susan<br>
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Ron Nossaman wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:50D5DC43.6000205@cox.net" type="cite">On
12/22/2012 12:45 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Wim said
<br>
"I have seen them once in a while. Another one of Chickering's many
<br>
experiments in making pianos"
<br>
<br>
Wim,
<br>
And what do you suppose was the reason for them? quiz for the
day?<G>
<br>
Joe
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<br>
Chickering did a long running set of experiments on the effects of
psychotropics on piano design. Different substances produced different
designs, and he eventually tried every combination of everything
available. These dampers, I believe were the result of the
chlorpromazine/dark chocolate experiment.
<br>
Ron N
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