<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=blue style='word-wrap: = break-word;-khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I doubt that extending the dampers = further into the treble would be good, Giovanni. Those undamped strings are = there to “sing” sympathetically and increase the overall bloom of piano sound. At least = that’s my understanding of it. It’s not just the cost of the extra = action, but the whole “piano effect” to be = considered.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>= <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Michael = G.(UK)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font = size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</spa= n></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Giovanni Voltaggio [mailto:a440ps@sbcglobal.net] <br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 07 October 2005 = 13:12<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Treblemost = damper</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>It's designed to smooth out the transition from going from = damped to undamped strings. Even so, sometimes those undamped notes really ring = out, perhaps voicing would help calm them. Or maybe the dampers on pianos = should extend further into the treble.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div><span style='border-spacing: 0px = 0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: = 2;word-spacing:0px'><span style='border-spacing: 0px = 0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: 2;word-spacing:0px'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Lucida = Grande"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black'><span style='border-spacing: 0px = 0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: = 2;word-spacing:0px'><span style='border-spacing: 0px = 0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: = 2;word-spacing:0px'><span style='border-spacing: 0px = 0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: = 2;word-spacing:0px'>Giovanni Voltaggio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font = size=1 color=black face="Lucida Grande"><span = style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Lucida Grande";color:black'>Austin</span></font></st1:City><font = size=1 color=black face="Lucida Grande"><span = style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Lucida Grande";color:black'>, <st1:State = w:st="on">TX</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=1 color=black face="Lucida Grande"><span = style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span = style='-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline'><font size=1 color=white face=Verdana><span = style='-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline'><span style='-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline'><span = style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:white'></span></span></span>.</span></fon= t></span><font size=1 color=black face="Lucida Grande"><span = style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </span> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </span></span></span></span> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>On Oct 7, 2005, at 7:47 AM, Cliff Lesher = wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><br> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Why is the treblemost damper on some pianos flat and covering = all three<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>strings, while on other pianos this damper is trimmed on the = right side to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>allow the right string of the unison to = ring?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div style='min-height: 14px'> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Cliff Lesher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font = size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size:12.0pt'>Winfield</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State></st1:place><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style='min-height: 14px'> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span>= </font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>