Piano Forum

Piano Street Magazine:
The Quiet Revolutionary of the Piano – Fauré’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street

In the pantheon of French music, Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) often seems a paradox—an innovator cloaked in restraint, a Romantic by birth who shaped the contours of modern French music with quiet insistence. Piano Street now provides sheet music for his complete piano works: a body of music that resists spectacle, even as it brims with invention and brilliance. Read more

Pages: [1] Go Down

Topic: Damper problems (Read 7745 times)

lhommearme

PS Silver Member
Jr. Member
Posts: 49

Damper problems

on: August 10, 2012, 06:56:42 PM

The middle two and a half octaves are ringing to much. Can I bend the damper wires a couple of centimeters to get more pressure? This is on an upright studio Baldwin.

Logged

hfmadopter

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 2272

Re: Damper problems

Reply #1 on: August 10, 2012, 09:59:19 PM

Quote from: l'homme arme link=topic=47513.msg 515924#msg 515924 date=1344625002

The middle two and a half octaves are ringing to much. Can I bend the damper wires a couple of centimeters to get more pressure? This is on an upright studio Baldwin.

The dampers are probably tamped down ( the felt has compacted). It can be softened with a pick. They should also be adjustable and the felt certainly replaceable. The fact that it's in the middle register confirms my thoughts, it's where it's been played most..

If you bend the wires you are on your own, you didn't get the idea from me. Not saying it won't work, but it's not the fix you are dreaming of !
David

Logged

Depressing the pedal on an out of tune acoustic piano and playing does not result in tonal color control or add interest, it's called obnoxious.

Sign-up to post reply

Pages: [1] Go Up