Front Duplex

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    I have a question for the list.

    What exactly is the proper fix for the "singing of the Steinway Angels"
in the front tuned duplex, that is, when they get a little too carried away?
    I had a customer today which was complaining about a kind of papery
noise on a few notes in the killer octave (naturally) area of the keyboard.
It was a Steinway M. It wasn't until it was tuned fully that the problem
became apparent to me. By that time all the other stuff had been cleared up
enough to hear. The front duplexes on some of the long waste end notes had a
kind of zing to them.
    What I did to try to get rid of them was to level the strings really
well while also lifting up on the duplex side of the capo bar to get a solid
seating on both sides of it. When I got done there was still a little noise
there, so I had to do some needling near the crown.
    Is what I did correct? Is there a better way? Am I missing something
here? It worked this time. I really don't like the idea of muting the front
duplex unless I have exhausted every other recourse first. Of course, I
don't like having to deal with these kind of issues on a piano which the
customer paid so much money for, either.



Kevin E. Ramsey
ramsey@extremezone.com