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[Ron Nossaman]

> I have a final observation about termination pieces.  I don't know what
> this might have to do with the price of tea in China, but I find it very
> curious.  In a piano with a traditional v-bar, if you pluck the front
> duplex, the most prominent frequency that you hear is that which is defined
> by the front duplex length (as you might expect).  When you pluck this
> length within a termination piece, the more prominent frequency you hear is
> that of the speaking length!  What's with that? 
> 
> Frank Emerso
> 

I've found that both the duplex pitch and the speaking length 
pitch are audible in either system. The longer the duplex, the 
more prominent it seems to be, but that's as far as I've 
explored it. Most techs I've showed this to find it surprising 
that the speaking length pitch is audible at all, much less 
that it is prominent.
Ron N