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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi =
all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jim =
Busby</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
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color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original =
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On =
Behalf Of </span></b>Susan
Kline<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> =
</span></font><st1:date
Month="3" Day="13" Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Saturday, March 13, =
2004</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="9" Minute="43"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>9:43 AM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 =
face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> College and =
University
Technicians<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Treble =
ringing
problem</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>At 08:21 AM 3/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:<br
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Don't =
forget to
investigate the backlength of the long tenor strings. <br>
If you pluck them and hear the same sounds as the after-ring they may =
<br>
be contributing to it. <br>
<br>
If you wrap a whole bunch of the waste lengths on the piano you can <br>
really gut the character of the sound. There's a happy medium there <br>
someplace. <br>
<br>
Susan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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