<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C40A89.C38A13E0" = rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>st1\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple = link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>How do you keep the bean bags on an upright?</DIV> <DIV>Joy!</DIV> <DIV>Elwood Doss, Jr.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black">From: <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 = 8:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: RE: Treble ringing = problem</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Well, I guess I can't say he doesn't know beans anymore...;-]   David I.   ----- = Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Jim = Busby <<A href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">jim_busby@byu.edu</A>> To: = College and University Technicians <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>> Received: Mon, 15 = Mar 2004 12:33:47 -0700 Subject: RE: Treble ringing = problem Hi all,<o:p></o:p> <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> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName>Jim Busby</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan = Kline Sent: <st1:date = Month="3" Day="13" Year="2004">Saturday, March 13, 2004</st1:date> = <st1:time Hour="9" Minute="43">9:43 AM</st1:time> To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: Treble ringing problem <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTM= L>