Steinway Upright Dampers

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Dave Porritt said:

>I finally found a section of wire in the low tenor that was >part of the
rear duplex and it was singing like gang busters.  >A little string braid cut
it out completely.  On some upright >scales (and grands)these waste sections
of string are very long.

Right!. And also, the placement of the braid in the waste section is
important.  Too close to the bridge or too close to the hitch pins and the
string will still sing, sometimes.

Paul Dempsey
Marshall University
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