Duplex scale tuning

[Richard Moody]

Very True.  No matter what you use, crud from that will find its way
under the strings.  That's why it is important to apply the
tape/substance at the top to the duplex bars and GENTLY work your way
down until the offending noise ceases.  At any rate, some form of
tape worked better than felt stuck between the  strings in the duplex
section, at least for the session that was to happen that day.  
	If piano makers would provide a shield over the bars in question,
maybe sneezes, sweat dropplets, dust and grime would not make their
way there and cause the offending noises.  While duct tape is the
soup de jour in studios, I think electricians tape as Newton
suggests, would be a better
choice. 

Richard Moody 

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> From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Duplex scale tuning
> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 10:08 AM
> 
> Richard Moody wrote:
> > 
> > If you lost your silly putty to the toddler from last months
tuning,
> > duct tape on  the aliquoit bars, ( upper duplex bars) will hush
the
> > sympathetic interference.
> 
> 
> I don't like to use tape because too many of them leave some
residue of
> glue on the strings and some glues promote corrosion, hence, my
choise
> of Silly Puddy.
> 
> Tape choice should be fresh electricians tape because its glue is
far
> weaker than the tape so it all comes off and does not promote
corrosion.
> 
> With pianos that I may tune two or three times a week tape residue
can
> become a real problem.
> 
> 	Newton
> 	nhunt@jagat.com
> 
>