Baldwin 6000

[Stickney, Jeff P]

Del,
	The echo is the lesser of two evils, and I'm hoping the braiding
will help with that.  The biggest problem is the high harmonics that don't
cut off on individual notes.  That's where I'm hoping weighting and or
trichord felt will help.  Hopefully that will solve the problems.  If the
echo is still there after all that, I will try weighting in the bass as
well.

Jeff Stickney, RPT
University of Montana
jpage@selway.umt.edu

If you're getting an echo--or a more gradual cut-off than desired--following
a crashing chord, weighting one damper won't do much. Go through the bass
and well into the tenor. At least an octave or so.

Del



-----Original Message-----
From: Delwin D Fandrich [mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:40 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Baldwin 6000



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stickney, Jeff P" <StickneyJP@mso.umt.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: August 16, 2002 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: Baldwin 6000


> Del & Roger,
> Thanks for your ideas.  I think I'll try weighting one damper and
> putting a trichord on another - or maybe I'll end up doing both.  And I'll
> braid the back scale (sorry for calling it waste length, Del).  Voicing
the
> beast down will probably help by not putting so much energy into the
string
> in the first place.  Perhaps the biggest obstacle will be getting Baldwin
to
> pay for it.  I'll let you know what worked.
>
> Jeff Stickney, RPT
> University of Montana
> jpage@selway.umt.edu