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At 10:54 PM 12/18/2007, you wrote:<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#000080">You mean like grind
them
off</font><font face="Wingdings" size=2 color="#000080">J</font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#000080">? Dressing the
duplex bars is unnecessary, in my view.</blockquote><br>
</font><font color="#000080">I sometimes have noticed a sizzle coming
from a few of them. Once the strings were off or slack and pulled to one
side I would rub them superficially with some fine grit emery cloth (to
remove any burrs) and then load them with graphite. Maybe overkill ...
but anything which improves rendering seems like a good idea. <br><br>
Susan Kline<br>
OSU, Newport Arts Center</font></body>
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