A damper is a device that deadens, restrains, or depresses. It may refer to:

Music

Damper pedal A sustain pedal or sustaining pedal (also called damper pedal, loud pedal, or open pedal) is the most commonly used pedal in a modern piano. It is typically the rightmost of two or three pedals. When pressed, the sustain pedal "sustains" all ...

, a device that mutes musical tones, particularly in stringed instruments * A

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for various brass instruments

Structure

Damper (flow) A damper is a valve or plate that stops or regulates the flow of air inside a duct, chimney, VAV box, air handler, or other air-handling equipment. A damper may be used to cut off central air conditioning (heating or cooling) to an unused roo ...

, a mechanical device in a duct or chimney that regulates airflow *

Stockbridge damper A Stockbridge damper is a tuned mass damper used to suppress wind-induced vibrations on slender structures such as overhead power lines, long cantilevered signs and cable-stayed bridges. The dumbbell-shaped device consists of two masses at the end ...

, used to suppress wind-induced vibrations on taut cables *

Tuned mass damper A tuned mass damper (TMD), also known as a harmonic absorber or seismic damper, is a device mounted in structures to reduce mechanical vibrations, consisting of a mass mounted on one or more damped springs. Its oscillation frequency is tuned ...

, a device mounted in structures to prevent discomfort, damage or structural failure by vibration

Other uses

Damper (food) Damper is a thick homemade soda bread traditionally prepared by early European settlers in Australia. The bread is different from bush bread, which has been made by Indigenous Australians for thousands of years and was traditionally made by cru ...

, a bread of the Australian Outback *

Dashpot A dashpot, also known as a damper, is a mechanical device that resists motion via viscous friction. The resulting force is proportional to the velocity, but acts in the opposite direction, slowing the motion and absorbing energy. It is commonly us ...

, a type of hydraulic or mechanical damper * Shock absorber (British or technical use: ''damper''), a mechanical device designed to dissipate kinetic energy * An item of boiler technology used to regulate the fire * In electronics, a kind of diode intended to absorb energy peaks, normally generated by inductive circuitry

Music

Structure

Other uses

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