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Featured Listings

  • The Pianola Shop

    134 Islingword Road
    Brighton, East Sussex BN2 9SH
    England

    Pianola sales and services. Music rolls sales and

  • Paregal Pianos

    Victoria Works
    Benjamin Street
    Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF29AR
    England

    We deal in a wide variety of Pianos traditional &

  • Gough & Davy

    Under the City Hall
    13 Paragon Street
    Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU1 3NA
    England

    Gough & Davy was established as a Piano retailer

  • Brittens Music New Haw

    13 The Broadway
    Woodham
    New Haw, Surrey KT15 3EU
    England

    Covering Kent, Sussex and Surrey from stores in

  • Donner musical instrument UK online store

    C/O Unit 4 Pantheon Park, Wednesfield way
    Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV11 3DS
    England

    Donner is a musical instrument online store.




Did You Know Piano Facts

What is the difference between Overdamping and Underdamping?

Overdamping is a system whereby the piano damping mechanism (the bit that shuts the piano up) is situated above the hammer strike line. Underdamping is where the piano dampers are placed below the hammer strike line. Advantages and disadvantages. Overdamping. Imagine an elastic band three-foot long, you twang it and then put your finger near to the end of the elastic band, to stop it vibrating. This is overdamping

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Take the same elastic band and place your finger near the centre to stop it from vibrating this is underdamping, which of course is more efficient. Overdamping is controlled by gravity where as underdamping is controlled by adjustable springs so on the whole underdamping is far more efficient than overdamping. However, there is one disadvantage with underdamping. That is, if the dampers are incorrectly aligned to the nodes and antinodes of the vibrating string this will result in, the dampers when they come in contact with the string, emphasising certain harmonics on the piano, thus giving you a harmonic ring, this is more common on small uprights and small grandís as the margin of tolerance decreases as the piano becomes smaller.