after ring

[Ed Sutton]

This is a good approach.
Before reshaping the capo, try needling the front side of the hammers only.
This will often reduce front duplex noise with very little loss of power.
EdS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: after ring


> Hi Wim
> 
> Can you silence the ring by taping off the front duplex as well ? If so
> then perhaps a capo reshaping along with a tad softer voicing would take
> care of the whole thing.
> 
> RicB
> 
> 
> Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > A student left me a note complaining about an after ring on our
> > Recital Hall 1 year old B. I went to check it out, and sure enough in
> > the 6th octave, when notes are release, there is a definite after
> > ring. If I hold my finger on the string, it is still there. The
> > dampers are seated, and there is enough follow through. I found that
> > if I damper out the undampened 7th octave notes, the after ring is
> > gone. So the sound I'm hearing is the 7th octave ringing through.
> > 
> > I've never really noticed it before. But now that it has been brought
> > to my attention, it is very distinctive. Apparently the strident
> > thinks so too.
> > 
> > Is this just a normal phenomenon on Steinway B's, or is there
> > something that can be done to eliminate this problem?
> > 
> > Wim
> 
> -- 
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
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