<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>One thing to remember, is that the resonance was a desired feature, in some of the older pianos. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>So to get rid of it, you might have to alter the contact point/area of the damper to get rid of it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Some of them even talk of a resonant frame/ bridge.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=jpeters@runbox.com href="mailto:jpeters@runbox.com">John Peters</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> Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:07 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Upright Dampers, Everett</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A customer has a big old Everett (full size upright), and is complaining about too much "echo" (i.e., overtones).  I've agreed to replace the dampers,which are old and worn, and noticed that the bass dampers are 1 3/8".  Does anybody know if (1) any older uprights originally used dampers this size and (2) if old-style, 1 3/4" bass dampers would do better blocking out harmonics.  Thanks in advance</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Peters</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"> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>