Baldwin 6000

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stickney, Jeff P" <StickneyJP@mso.umt.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: August 16, 2002 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: Baldwin 6000


> Del & Roger,
> Thanks for your ideas.  I think I'll try weighting one damper and
> putting a trichord on another - or maybe I'll end up doing both.  And I'll
> braid the back scale (sorry for calling it waste length, Del).  Voicing
the
> beast down will probably help by not putting so much energy into the
string
> in the first place.  Perhaps the biggest obstacle will be getting Baldwin
to
> pay for it.  I'll let you know what worked.
>
> Jeff Stickney, RPT
> University of Montana
> jpage@selway.umt.edu

If you're getting an echo--or a more gradual cut-off than desired--following
a crashing chord, weighting one damper won't do much. Go through the bass
and well into the tenor. At least an octave or so.

Del