<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" 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>  Hi Frank</DIV> <DIV>  Although you are correct about this for many pianos, the Steinway B's rear duplex string length doesn't follow this. it's an octave higher</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>David, et al,<BR><BR>I cannot speak to the specific make, model, and era of your piano, but typical of pianos with this type of duplexer,<STRONG><EM> the distance from the back bridge pin to the duplexer at note 88 is equal to the speaking length.</EM></STRONG>    One can go a step further, and after stringing, nudge the duplexer in or out, to "tune" the duplex length to sound in unison with the speaking length at note 88.  Whether one believes that "tuning" the duplexer is effective, it was probably the design intent, if you find that the original position of the duplexer suggests this relationship between the duplex length and the speaking length.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <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 AOL's <A title="http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004" href="http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004" target="_blank">top rated recipes</A> and <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003" target="_blank">easy ways to stay in shape</A> for winter.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>