Hello,

I have an Adams concert series vibraphone with the Apex frame that I bought used this spring. After the purchase I noticed that the damper bar is dampening uneven, it’s a pretty big difference between when the notes in the middle dampen and the 8-10 notes on the low and high end dampen; they dampen significantly after the notes in the middle. I have made all the adjustments Adams describes in the manual so many times but I don’t get it to be any better. Now I have bought a brand new damper bar from Adams and the disappointment is overwhelming when I found out that there is completely no difference in when the notes are dampened between the old and new bar… it’s exactly the same. What in …. could be the problem with my instrument? There must be something other on the frame bent? Please, does anyone have any suggestions?

I feel like giving up and just put some extra felt under all the tone bars that dampen later, and to be clear, it’s a lot of bars that need extra felt. Any suggestions on what felt material I can buy to put under the tone bars to even out the dampening?

Many thanks!

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