<html> <body> Hi Bob,              I agree with you, one little variation, I use a machinist rule to align the tri chords, by pressing down into the V. Regards Roger. <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I don't like to put the dampers in to use the string as a guide. The head might not be perfectly aligned to the string, and I want to fix that separately, later. I leave the dampers out until the glue dries. Alignment of the felt front to back and side to side can be best done as in the first part of your note. Before the felt is cut, be sure to mark one side of it (on the surface which is to be glued), and keep all the marks to the same side. That way, if the felt is not perfectly symmetrical (hah) it will still match front to back. Then, the eye and fingers are best gauges of alignment, while the felt and head are still in your hand. If you have some which are trichord wedges front and back, you can set a knife blade in the center slots to align if it makes you feel better, but it shouldn't be necessary. The damper heads might now not align with the strings, but you want to fix that anyway - at least the felt is aligned with the head. Bob Davis </blockquote></body> </html>