<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C40B3B.392F3E70"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Allan,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Good tips. My partner here uses = nameboard felt (sticky one side). You can place it = wherever you want and it stays. The “stickum” doesn’t seem to stay when you move it. = <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName>Jim = Busby</st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Allan Gilreath Sent: Tuesday, March 16, = 2004 6:21 AM To: 'College and = University Technicians' Subject: RE: Treble = ringing problem <o:p> </o:p> For trouble = shooting I like to use a piece of wood approximately ½” wide, thick enough = to be stiff (1/2-3/4”) and whatever length is handy (8-12”) with = thick soft felt glued to one side. This works well to mute off large sections = to find a damper leaking a sympathetic vibration and is also good for = determining when the owner or artist is offended by the sounds from the front or rear = duplex sections.<o:p></o:p>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> Another thing I haven’t seen listed in this discussion or in the recent discussion = in the journal is using small pieces of bushing cloth on individual duplex = portions per note rather than muting off the entire section.  Just cut a = small square or rectangle and place it over the center string and under the = two outer strings. Then the “duplex mute” can be slid close to or = farther from the capo (closer mutes more) thereby adjusting just how much high = end is lost from the duplex rather than killing it.  The notes an be = blended very easily and solve many voicing problems.  If a note is particularly = strong, two pieces can be applied.  I find this particularly useful on the = front duplex in the lower capo section.<o:p></o:p>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> Advantages: = quick, economical, controllable and easily reversible. = <o:p></o:p>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> Back to the = original discussion, I had to use one of my “trouble shooting strips” = on a customer’s Knabe.  It now resides on the speaking length of = the top treble section muting some of the over ring which she finds more = objectionable than the loss of tone in the top two octaves.  It’s her = piano…<o:p></o:p> I hope this helps,<o:p></o:p>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> <div> Allan L. Gilreath, RPT<o:p></o:p> Allan Gilreath & Associates, Inc.<o:p></o:p> 515 Oothcalooga St., Suite I<o:p></o:p> Calhoun, GA 30701<o:p></o:p> <a href="mailto:agilreath@mindspring.com">agilreath@mindspring.com</a></sp= an><o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>= Berry College – Rome, GA<o:p></o:p> </div>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Jim Busby Sent: Monday, March 15, = 2004 2:34 PM To: College and = University Technicians Subject: RE: Treble = ringing problem<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Hi = all,<o:p></o:p>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> Dean Garten uses 2 or 3 small narrow bean bags to mute off sections/areas. It = helps you find problems and works well to temporarily mute the upper strings = while tuning. Before threading braid this is a quick way to diagnose and it = really does aid in tuning to “shut off” the upper = section.<o:p></o:p>  </fo= nt><o:p></o:p> Jim Busby<o:p></o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Saturday, March 13, = 2004 9:43 AM To: College and = University Technicians Subject: RE: Treble = ringing problem<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> At 08:21 AM 3/13/2004 -0700, you = wrote:<o:p></o:p> I think I'll start with stringing braid in the duplex in the mid and upper range = (not the top section).  <o:p></o:p> Don't = forget to investigate the backlength of the long tenor strings. If you pluck them and hear the same sounds as the after-ring they may = be contributing to it. If you wrap a whole bunch of the waste lengths on the piano you can really gut the character of the sound. There's a happy medium there someplace. Susan<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>