Ours from 1968 is just as you describe and it is lively as well. I think it adds to that treble quality once described by a pianist friend as "chaotic." I think I'll mute it and see how it changes. Alan McCoy Eastern Washington Univ > From: Mark Cramer <Cramer@BrandonU.ca> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:02:32 -0600 > To: CAUT <caut@ptg.org> > Subject: [CAUT] SD-10 duplex question > > We have an 1986 Baldwin SD-10 here with the fancy individual front-duplex > peices and accujust hitch-pins. > > String segments from the tuning-pins to the front duplex, and from the > treble bridge to the hitch-pins are open (unbraided), and quite "lively" > throughout the treble. > > My question; is this original? > > The front segment looks suspect; instead of a thick string cushion, there is > only bushing cloth, which comes nowhere near to contacting/muting the > strings. > > (to the best of my knowledge, this instrument has never been restrung) > > Would this segment originally have been braided? > > I'm going to braid it anyhow (it has a ring-time of 6-7 seconds when > strummed), just can't imagine this segment being intended to ring, no matter > the carefull de-tuning of the actual duplex segments. > > thanks in advance, all you good Baldwin folk! > > Mark Cramer, > Brandon University > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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