<html><div>I usually go with what was there.  If trichords are used above F4, however, I will not usually run them up that high.  Another exception is the problematic dampers, for instance, found in S&S Ds, note F2.  </div> <br> <div>I will use Steinway damper felt on Steinways, Yamaha on Yamaha, and will usually cut my own from strips I get from Pianotek for others.</div> <div>But not always.</div> <br> <div>At 12:50 PM 3/25/99 -0600, you wrote:</div> <div>>Hi gang,</div> <div>>When</div> <div>>installing dampers, do you have a favorite configuration of wedges and pads</div> <div>>that you adapt to individual pianos, or do you try to reproduce what was</div> <div>>there? Since what was there sometimes didn't seem to work as well as it</div> <div>>could (which, I know, could be from old hard dampers as easily as a less</div> <div>>than optimal choice of pads), or the cut of the felt is peculiar to the</div> <div>>brand and isn't available any more, what's your criteria of choice when you</div> <div>>install the new felt? What's your damper schedule?</div> <div>></div> <div>> Ron </div> > <br> <b>Vince<br> </b><i><<a href="mailto:vince@byu.edu" eudora="autourl">mailto:vince@byu.edu</a>><br> </i>Visit the web page for the Pacific Northwest Conference at: <br> <<a href="http://www.pnwpianoconf.com/" eudora="autourl">www.pnwpianoconf.com</a>> </html>