[CAUT] Thumping Baldwin SF

[Susan Kline]

>I've played around with it a few times through the years, with small 
>mass loads and stiffeners of various kinds, looking for a quick 
>cheap dodge. A top plate or longer key button helps, but it's sort 
>of expensive for an "oh, by the way" noise reduction fix that 
>doesn't bother the owner at all. An easy magic fix would be a good 
>thing to have next time it comes up.
>
>Ron N

I'm wondering about these ringing keysticks. Perhaps they have nodes? 
I'm wondering (for a quick cheap fix?) if you could find which place 
on the keystick might work the best for damping out the sound. 
Perhaps just gluing a piece of leather onto the right place might 
kill the ringing? (That is, if I had something intended to resonate a 
lot, like a violin top, and I glued a small piece of leather (with 
white glue) onto a crucial spot, it sure wouldn't HELP the resonance!)

Question: do the keysticks with a lot of lead in them ring less?

Susan Kline