<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wow, that's surprising.  I thought it was a = deficiency of modern upright dampers that they don't damp (not dampen! :-) near = the strike point, like grand dampers do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 11, = 2006 2:12 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Lovely OverDamper Piano</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>...the closer you get to the string termination = the less effective the damper will be to absorb the vibrating energy. This fact = was established in the time of around 1850 or so. Sooooooo, again, The = Over Ring IS intentional and should only be moderated, NOT eliminated, because = it is impossible, given the action geometry & physical characteristics. </FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>