<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0p= x 10px 10px; COLOR: #00005b; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; FONT-FAMILY: Aria= l" text=#00005b bgColor=#eff3f7 background=cid:ED449CA5-CFA1-11D7-B= 139-00C0F04DBCA2 scroll=yes SIGCOLOR="0" X-ADF="0" X-AD="C3C52140= -4147-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" X-APF="1" X-AP="6486DDE0-3EFD-11D4-BA3D= -0050DAC68030" X-ANF="0" X-AN="6486DDE0-3EFD-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" = X-ASHF="1" X-ASH="ANIM3D00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000" X-ASNF="0" = X-ASN="ANIM3D00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000" X-FVER="2.0" X-FID="BA= 285063-5BCE-11D4-AF8D-0050DAC67E11" X-FIT="Letter" X-FCOL="Elegant Pa= per" X-FCAT="Elegant Paper" X-FDIS="Rice Fields" ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px= ; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; CURSOR: auto; PADDING-TOP: 0px" v= Align=top width="100%"> <DIV>  <DIV>"Anything below the string line at rest is not damping."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I always thought that the felt absorbs the sound energy, so more fel= t mass means better damping... therefore, isn't the felt below the string= line damping?? Or is the amount negligible, making it OK to cut the felt= to the string line? Are "at rest" the key words here? And why! </DI= V> <DIV>Larry Trischetta</DIV> <DIV>Pocono NE chapter </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> Wednesday, A= ugust 13, 2003 16:36:56</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: dampe= r felts too wide</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At 04:11 PM 8/13/2003 -0400, Ed wrote:</DIV> <DIV>>Tom asks:</DIV> <DIV>><< Some possibilities in my</DIV> <DIV>>feeble mind include:</DIV> <DIV>> 1. Using sandpaper to file them.</DIV> <DIV>> 2. I don't think I could razor blade them neatly enough...</DIV= > <DIV>> 3. Ironing them...?</DIV> <DIV>> 4. Squeezing them with a pliers.</DIV> <DIV>> 5. Alcohol and a heat gun.</DIV> <DIV>> 6. Just a gun. (Aimed at my right temple. That'll stop those ba= ss</DIV> <DIV>>strings from ringing!) >></DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>>The work is action removal and damper removal, why not just glue= on some new</DIV> <DIV>>damper felt??????????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I concur. However, I've gotten similar dampers to work (more or less= ) by</DIV> <DIV>trimming outside of the "ears", the parts which are spreading, with = a small</DIV> <DIV>sharp</DIV> <DIV>pair of scissors, so that they are pointed, and a little bit shorter= .</DIV> <DIV>Anything below the string line at rest is not damping.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sometimes the trimming can be done in the piano, though of course it= 's</DIV> <DIV>easier to be neat with the damper in one's hand.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A gun is not a piano tool. <grin></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Susan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>pianotech list info: <A href="http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/= pianotech">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A></DIV> <DIV>.</DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><SPAN dir=ltr><F= ONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>______________________= ______________________________<BR><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><= A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir.asp?ad_id=309&lang=9">= <IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:ED449CA4-CFA1-11D7-B139-00C0F04DBCA2"= align=baseline border=0></A>  <I>IncrediMail</I> - <B>Email has= finally evolved</B> - </FONT><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir= .asp?ad_id=309&lang=9"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>= <B><U>Click Here</U></B></FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>