Overnite relief

[Wolfley, Eric (WOLFLEEL)]

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I was talking about braiding on the rear duplex section in the tenor =
(as was
Mark). I've never seen that section braided from the factory, but have =
seen
it a few times on pianos which have been rebuilt.

-E

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Eric Wolfley, RPT
Head Piano Technician
Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Ilvedson [SMTP:ilvey@jps.net]
> Sent:	Friday, May 12, 2000 2:02 PM
> To:	caut@ptg.org
> Subject:	RE: Overnite relief
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> The tenor section is braided for that very reason...overring.  =
Braiding in
> this section will not affect the tone whatever...the "whom nobody =
seems to
> know" was the factory worker at Steinway!
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> David I.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of =
Wolfley,
> Eric (WOLFLEEL)
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:35 AM
> To: 'caut@ptg.org'
> Subject: RE: Overnite relief
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> We have a S&S 'D' onstage here that was braided in that tenor section =
(by
> whom nobody seems to know). In looking for more "sparkle" (or =
something)
> in the tenor section, I finally noticed the braiding and removed it. =
Of
> course a sympathetic ringing immediately appeared which I was able to
> easily track down to one duplex segment on one note  (G#4, I think). =
I
> muted off that string segment and the ringing ceased. The overall
> improvement was not dramatic and may well have been imaginary, but
> removing the braiding did seem to bring a bit more "life" to the =
tone.
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> Eric Wolfley, RPT=20
> Head Piano Technician=20
> Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music=20
> University of Cincinnati=20
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> 	-----Original Message-----=20
> From:   Mark Cramer [SMTP:cramer@BrandonU.CA]=20
> Sent:   Friday, May 12, 2000 10:14 AM=20
> To:     CAUT (E-mail)=20
> Subject:        Overnite relief=20
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> 	End of February I aksed for (overnite) advice on how to deal with=20
> sympathetic ringing in the treble section of our recital hall "D."  =
With
> the=20
> Egr=E9 competition here last week, I finally found time to thoroughly =

> trouble-shoot the problem.  Which is kind of like saying "while being
> chased=20
> by a doberman, I finally found time to work on my running technique!" =
 :>)
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> 	The ringing is (was) from the tenor rear duplex section, A3 was
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> along with A5, etc., as I think Newton had suggested.  Braiding the
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> off solved this problem, without noticeable effect (to my hearing) to =
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> overall resonance of the piano.=20
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> 	Thanks for all who offered suggestions.  Kind of seems a shame to
> silence=20
> this section of the piano though.  It's only doing what it's supposed =
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> just perhaps a bit too efficiently.=20
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> 	Mark Cramer=20
> Brandon University=20
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