<HTML>List, I have a customer who has a nice old Ludwig upright that has a problem with partials being excited because of where the dampers land on the strings--I think.  There is quite a bit of overring when the dampers move back onto the strings.  Isn't this why Steinway used double dampers near the bass break in some of their uprights?   I worked on a Yamaha WX-7 today that had the beefiest dampers I've ever seen in the upper bass section, and double dampers just above the break.  No overring there.   The customer would like to get rid of the problem.  Any suggestions on this besides replacing all of the dampers?   Thanks in advance for any input, Dave Stahl </HTML>