<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Hi Dave</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  I agree about the rear duplex. It's the front one we need to do away with mainly by increasing draft angels & keeping the energy in the vibrating speaking length where it can offer the most tonal/musical impact.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Yes... it makes you a control freak....and so?  That's what we get paid the big bucks for.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Times New Roman" color=#1f497d size=3> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Dave P. wrote</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>  <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Times New Roman" color=#1f497d size=3>I’m with you on the duplex scale thing.  <STRONG><EM><U>The rear duplex probably adds some high frequency sounds more of a cymbalstern effect since all the frequencies are singing along with the vibration of the bridge.  That’s fine unless it gets obnoxious</U></EM></STRONG>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">The front duplex however, is the one that bugs me the most.  I have a few pianos at the school that just when I get a note tuned where I want it, the front duplex makes an untoward noise I’d rather do without.  I realize that the front duplex contributes some brilliance to the tone which you can tell when you mute it out.  However, I don’t think that’s brilliance that I need.  If I want more brilliance I can do it with the hammer and traditional methods.  That brilliance I have some control over. <U> The front duplex brilliance is kind of there or not there and is out of my control.  My choice is to get rid of that brilliance I can’t control, and bring up brilliance I can control.<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><STRONG>Does that make me a control freak</STRONG>??</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <P class=MsoNormal></SPAN><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Times New Roman" color=#1f497d size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">dave<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>