<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=080191015-13032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Vince,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080191015-13032004>    <FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think I'll start with stringing braid = in the duplex in the mid and upper range (not the top section).  Then I = can use the tape to see if it helps to dampen the upper duplex and/or the front duplex.  Thanks for that idea.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080191015-13032004>    <FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Regarding the idea Dan = Gurnee suggested of a different stretch - isn't a wider stretch relative to what's gone = before it, and therefore that upper octave+ would still be excited by the = partials of the lower notes?  Or maybe my brain isn't big enough to grasp the concept....</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080191015-13032004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080191015-13032004> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff Stickney, RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT = face=Arial size=2>University of Montana</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>jpstickney@montanadsl.net</FONT> </P></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of = </B>madelyn mrykalo<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 12, 2004 10:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> = College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Treble ringing problem<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Jeff,</DIV> <DIV>You didn't mention trying to mute out the front duplex.  = Even tho you found the sympathetic ringing to be in the the undampened treble, = you might find the effect reduced a bit by muting off the front duplex...<BR><BR><B><I>Jeff Stickney = <jpstickney@montanadsl.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid"> <META content="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.4630.0" = name=Generator> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>All,</FONT> <BR>        <FONT face=Arial = size=2>I have a customer with a Yamaha C2 with an interesting problem.  = Most of the notes in the mid to upper range have a high harmonic = after-ring.  Since the duplex is open from the mid-range up, I put some tape on = it to see if that was the culprit.  It had little effect.  Finally, = I taped off the speaking length of the notes above where the dampers = end.  The after-ring was totally gone.  Obviously, I can't put stringing = braid in the speaking length of the top octave and a half - any = suggestions?  I'm sure all pianos have some amount of this, but it seems = particularly distracting on this piano.  The piano doesn't seem overly = bright - but would voicing it down a little be the only way to reduce the = excitement of those upper open strings?  Thanks for any help on = this.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff Stickney, RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT = face=Arial size=2>University of Montana</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>jpstickney@montanadsl.net</FONT> = </P></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Vince Mrykalo<BR>University of Utah <P><FONT face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailtag_us/*http://mail.yahoo.com" target=_blank><B>Yahoo! Mail</A></B> - More reliable, more storage, = less spam</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>