Susan- I think needling the front side of the hammer might even give better results than bubble gum. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: Re: after ring > > > > >Hi Ed, > > A dab of white glue applied to the wire of the forward > > terminating, will greatly reduce that noise by de tuning the duplex. > >Just another emergency fix. > >Regards Roger > > Hi, Roger > > I agree that a drop or two of white glue applied to the front duplex wire > will often douse some of the jangle, but I don't feel that it is done by > detuning the duplex. It doesn't seem to me that having the duplex exactly > in tune with a partial of the speaking length is the problem. Instead, I > think that the wire, slightly flattened by pressure of the V-bar, carves > itself a little saddle and then jingles around in it when played loudly. > > White glue remains a little bit pliable when dried out. I think that the > drops on the wire just absorb some of the vibration. I imagine that bubble > gum (yuk) would do the same thing. > > Just MHO -- > > Susan > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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