underdampern.
Any of the set of dampers in an upright piano of a type in which the dampers are placed below the hammers. Frequently attributive.
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1870 E. Brinsmead Hist. Pianoforte 74 Square piano action, with under dampers, and a screw in each key.
1909 Northampton Independent 30 Oct. 29/2 (advt.) A magnificent overstrung underdamper, upright iron grand.
1933 R. E. M. Harding Piano-Forte iv. 56 The under damper is also found in connection with the Single Action.
1980 Early Music 8 241 (advt.) After John Broadwood, 1801, a simple under-damper square fortepiano.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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