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Greetings,
When installing tenor damper felts on grand pianos, starting after the wound bass strings: how many or up till which note do we need to use tri-chord felts?
Many different manufacturers have many different methods: up till G4, C4 to name a few, both front and rear felts tri-chord felts or front tri-chord felts and rear a flat treble damper felt.
Am I correct in assuming that a tri-chord felt has better dampening properties as it wedges in between the strings?
Seems to me as if there's not really a right or wrong way, so, which might be the preferred way and why?
Thank you,
Peter

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055
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Original Message:
Sent: 4/26/2022 9:31:00 PM
From: Petrus Janssen
Subject: Grand piano damper felts

Greetings,
When installing tenor damper felts on grand pianos, starting after the wound bass strings: how many or up till which note do we need to use tri-chord felts?
Many different manufacturers have many different methods: up till G4, C4 to name a few, both front and rear felts tri-chord felts or front tri-chord felts and rear a flat treble damper felt.
Am I correct in assuming that a tri-chord felt has better dampening properties as it wedges in between the strings?
Seems to me as if there's not really a right or wrong way, so, which might be the preferred way and why?
Thank you,
Peter

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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055
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