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<DIV>Richard and All who are apparently not at the big<U> Whatever in
Dallas,</U> Thanks for the great advice so far. </DIV>
<DIV>As I said in a previous post, it was the swish, not the zing. =
The
customer complained that whenever he pressed the damper pedal, the strings =
made
this "noise" that was driving him crazy. It was definitely from the
dampers brushing the strings as they passed upwards, and they are =
definitely
hanging below the string level. </DIV>
<DIV>I figured this out by just laying my wide mute strip across the =
strings in
various places until it stopped. I at first thought that it was =
coming
from the bi-chord area, but found out differently. </DIV>
<DIV> Thanks to one and all for =
the
input. A tech here suggested a surgical supply house. I thought=
of
the scissors that trainers use when taping ankles. The cutters
extend out from the handle at an angle. I hadn't thought of the=
flush cutters as being sharp enough to do a clean cut. That is a good=
idea. And I bet cheaper that a surgical supply house!</DIV>
<DIV>Clark Sprague </DIV></BODY></HTML>