<html> At 08:21 AM 3/13/2004 -0700, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I think I'll start with stringing braid in the duplex in the mid and upper range (not the top section).  </blockquote> 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</html>