On Nov 8, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Susan Kline wrote: > Has anyone managed to sort D#6 out on a Steinway D, and get it as > good as the notes nearby? I think a lot of it is string level and mating. That tends to be a grungy part of the capo, with pits and bumps, and maybe curving downwards towards the bass (the grinding machine hitting the break, I suppose). In any case, the most improvement I have made has been addressing those issues one way or another. Dressing the capo, leveling the strings the best possible, mating using very light pressure on the hammer when plucking. Also, the bridge pins and notches tend to be worst near a break, and addressing them helps. But complete success is elusive. Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm
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