On a previous post I discussed removing the old felts. Now we are ready to install the new damper felts to the prepared damper heads. There are various sizes and thicknesses of felts available. The goal is to recreate the original dimensions of the felt to reduce the amount of time required in installing the newly felted heads into the piano. There are 4 types of felts- Single, Double, Trichord and Flat. Again I duplicate the original design of the piano by using a variety of styles of felts. The new felts are glued onto the heads with a glue that sets up quickly, and is easily reversed. The most comman are HOT Hide Glue, or Titebond Molding glue. Note- do NOT use Liquid (cold) Hide Glue. Care must be taken to align the felts squarely on the heads. When all the felts are glued on and left set overnight, they are ready to be installed into the piano.
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