Hi Paul, Much of it is down bearing and plate casting related. Comes back to cost of production. The old CF's have less muting, by extending it for about 4 notes, you will find that you can get rid of some unwanted duplex over ring. An A comes to mind on two that I have extended the muting. FWIW. Roger At 11:20 AM 7/6/01 -0700, you wrote: >Yamaha grands have string braid (felt, not cotton) muting out more than half of >the lowest duplex section. Some other manufacturers also do this to a greater >or lesser degree. Does anyone know why? I mean if you're going to have the >aliquot bridge, why mute it out? Or if you're going to mute it out, why have >the bridge? > >Paul Larudee >
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