Buzzing capo duplex

[David Love]

The idea is that by changing the mass you change the frequency at which it
vibrates and thereby detune it (assuming it is tuned to begin with).  It is
then less prone to vibrate sympathetically and leakage through the bar is
less likely to occur.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 10/18/2003 9:20:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Buzzing capo duplex
>
> At 04:56 PM 10/16/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >The late Ernie Juhn used to do a quick fix by putting a little "crazy
glue"
> >on the string segments just in front of the capo bar - behind the string
> >rests.  He put just a little of it on the open lengths, NOT on the capo,
> >and NOT on the string rest.  What that did was change the mass of the
> >string just enough to get it off resonance with that particular partial,
> >and make it quit buzzing, without deading the tone very much.
>
> This works, sort of, using white glue as well.
>
> However, I just don't see the change in mass being the cause of the 
> improvement.
> I think that the glue, being slightly flexible, muffles the string, just 
> like a
> fold of felt would, however not quite as much. It's not exactly what I
would
> call a fix, but it does help you get down the road in a pinch.
>
> Just MHO.
>
> Susan Kline
>
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