This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Maybe it'll be made up in the big tip the customer will give me?? I had occasion to speak with Ed McMurrow on this duplex subject = yesterday. Although he outlines the process and explanations fairly well = in his book, The Educated Piano, it was interesting to learn about some = of his experiences with the front duplex. Even with his expertise, I've = seen him use the glue method to change a harmonic more to his liking = when all else fails.He tells me that Steinway hardening of the capo bar = can vary a great deal, making some efforts to shape a satisfactory = profile difficult. I would expect that he and Ron Overs would heartily = disagree about the use of hardening on the capo, as Ed prefers the = concept of a livelier pivot termination which he feels can only be = produced by a very sharp "u" applied to surfaced that has not been = hardened.=20 Joseph Alkana RPT josephspiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Duplexdan@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:11 PM Subject: Re: Front Duplex Joseph, Taking all the strings out and reshaping the bottom os the capo bar is = going=20 to cost alot more than two cents! Duplexdan ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a0/a3/a5/45/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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