<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I just restrung a D at a church, and while unstringing, discovered the = mid section (the duplex area), had stringing braid woven between the strings. It= appeared to be original equipment. I thought the purpose of the duplex bar w= as to allow these strings to "ring", as part of the tone of the piano? The pian= o sounds great without the stringing braid. I don't hear any unwanted harmonics. I haven't thrown away the braid, so should I put it back on,= or leave it the way it is?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>