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<P>I do have a fair amount of experience with Pearl River pianos, and I'm happy to help you in any way I can, but I'm not sure what your question is.</P>
<P>If your question is why a tech might have woven string braid through the duplex section, it's probably because someone didn't find the sounds that section produced pleasant.....imagine that!</P>
<P>Mark Wisner<BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Michael Magness <IFIXPIANOS@YAHOO.COM><BR>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 9:22 AM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: Problems With Duplex Scaling Of Pearl River Grands? <BR><BR><BR><BR><SPAN class=gmail_quote><BR><BR></SPAN>I am re-posting the question to anyone who has experience with Pearl River Grands of recent(within the last year)manufacture. I have a report of 2 grands on a dealers floor that have duplex scaling that does not "match" with the piano scaling. The non-PTG technician has blocked the string tails where the duplex scaling is with a felt strip woven in. A friend at the dealership has mentioned this to me in a questioning way. I have no experience with Pearl River pianos just the tech's work. I have noticed he doesen't pound his tunings in and am wondering if this is perhaps the cause? <BR clear=all><SPAN><BR>-- <BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com </A><BR>email <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target=_blank>mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </SPAN><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404 <BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target=_blank>mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>