---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Eric, Instead of muting the duplex completely, take a dab of white glue= =20 about 1/4" in front of the duplex bar. this will not kill the duplex, just change the pitch, I did this on an A 3 on a older Yamaha CF with nice= results. Roger At 01:34 PM 12/05/00 -0400, you wrote:=20 > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=20 > Eric Wolfley, RPT=20 > Head Piano Technician=20 > Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music=20 > University of Cincinnati=20 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Cramer [SMTP:cramer@BrandonU.CA]= =20 > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:14 AM To: CAUT (E-mail) Subject: =20 > Overnite relief=20 > > End of February I aksed for (overnite) advice on how to deal with sympathetic > ringing in the treble section of our recital hall "D." With the 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 by a doberman, > I finally found time to work on my running technique!" :>)=20 > > The ringing is (was) from the tenor rear duplex section, A3 was singing along > with A5, etc., as I think Newton had suggested. Braiding the section off > solved this problem, without noticeable effect (to my hearing) to the overall > resonance of the piano.=20 > > 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 to,= =20 > just perhaps a bit too efficiently.=20 > > Mark Cramer Brandon University=20 > Roger Jolly Saskatoon, Canada. 306-665-0213 Fax 652-0505=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/4a/13/e4/f1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC