Re duplex scales

[Tunrboy@aol.com]

>Later years saw the removal of the stringing braid in the area to which you
>refer with the exception of the first few notes (I hope my memory serves me
>correctly here). I have had to mute out the next few notes on a "D" we have
>here at Oberlin purchased in the mid '80's. They were so "active" that
>pianists used to complain about their speaking after all notes were
released.
>
>Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory

>Thanks for the comments, Ken.  Surely, you and I are not the only ones on
>Pianotech to have noticed this oddity.  Strange if so.

Yes, I've seen it too.  On a 1989 D at a local church, I removed a little of
the stringing braid in a duplex portion.  When I did, I had trouble tuning
one of the unisons that had been braided (I forget which one).  There was a
 strong beat at the 4th or 5th partial that made it impossible to bring into
unison.  When I plucked the duplex, string two and three were in unison, but
string one was about a semitone low.  The aliquott looked good, so perhaps
the bridge notching was off.  At any rate, the stringing braid went back in
and I quit second-guessing manufacturers (at least for that tuning).

Eric Leatha
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