FW: Tuning Duplex

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Orlando,
            If you have not tried tapping the strings to the bridge, here's
a suggestion for the vision impaired. Feel for the string that you want to
correct, take a very blunt screw driver and place the blade on the string
just in front of the bridge pin and tap down wards with the palm of your
hand to seat the string. If the falseness persist try changing the string.
Regards Roger.



At 02:17 AM 6/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Listers,
>
>My name is Orlando Fiol and I am definitely new here.  I'm totally blind,
>live in New York City and have been tuning my own piano and others for
>about eight years now.  All this talk about duplex wedges has interested me
>greatly.  However, dyue to my physical limitations, I can't seem to plluck
>the correct strings to assertain the tuning of my duplex scale.  I have a
>Steinway M, (1929) in case that helps.  Just on a fluke, I was wondering if
>a kind soul living in NYC would be willing to show me briefly how to track
>my duplex scale.  Of course, if coming over to my place would be too much
>trouble, I imagine I could learn on a suitable piano and apply the
>technique to my own.  after assertaining the tuning of my duplex, I'm not
>sure if I will want to have it adjusted.  I'm hoping that such an
>adjustment, however, might fix a chronic false string problem I'm having in
>the trebble.  Many thanks.
>
>Orlando Fiol
>
>
Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.