<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>
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<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>
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