> Unfortunately there was not a great deal of improvement-still very > false. I did not think to mass load the bridge to lower the driven > resonant frequency. Perhaps that would have made a difference. The > original pins coming out of the bridge were very tight. The beating was > at times very fast, especially up near D7 and higher. > > The front duplex is movable on the more recent ones but if you shorten > them it tends to reduce the angle from the capo to the aliquot (because > that part of the plate angles downward). Nevertheless, de-tuning them > does take a lot of noise out of that area. I have had one customer that > pointed out an "unfocussed" sound on every note where the front duplex > was longest. > > Any ideas on what else can be done for the false beating? > > Scott Nelson, RPT You might finish the thought and actually try mass loading the bridge. Very fast beating through a general range isn't typically going to be loose bridge pins, as the screwdriver on the pin test will tell you pretty quickly. If you can't reconfigure the front duplex to a more sane and quiet form, try Pitchlocks as a workaround. Ron N
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