<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Dummy Damper/Carl</title></head><body> <div>At 10:22 AM -0800 11/29/03, Carl Meyer wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>If the collective damper springs can push the rod out of the way, what about<br> the one spoon that is slightly misadjusted?  It doesn't have enough force by</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>itself to push the rod.  That damper will ring.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Carl,</div> <div><br></div> <div>It's the other way around. Some folks are asserting that the rod can push the collective damper levers and their springs enough to cause leakage unless you have a auxiliary damper lever. I am just saying, "No way!". On a properly designed and adjusted damper system this just isn't going to happen. See my Young Chang reference in my post to Ron.</div> <div><br></div> <div>As for your misadjusted spoon illustration, I unable to see your point with regards to the rod?</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>It's important that the rod not be in contact with any dampers in its off</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>position.  Some meet that without the dummy damper.  If it doesn't you need</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>it.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>That criteria is customarily taken care of by introducing lost motion in the sustain pedal, not by having a dummy damper. Please keep in mind, I am referring to<u> properly designed and adjusted damper systems</u>, not ones out of whack or in disrepair.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Sincerely,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild</div> <div>USA</div> <div><br></div> </body> </html>