<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=266200318-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Okay, will do. Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Stéphane Collin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 28, 2005 12:32 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: String spacing: Was after-ring in new dampers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Alan.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Did you say to make kinks in the strings? = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Yes I did.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>This sounds like a sacralidge, false beat-wise. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Does it ? After all, there is already a kink in vertical = plane at the agraffee termination (or is it the word kink that is incorrect ? I = meant just bending the wire).  Why would a kink in horizontal plane be = worse ?  Also, the wound trichords causing the damping problem are more = often found at the bass side of the scale, where the false beats if any = don't bother me as much as those in the two last upper octaves.  By the way, I = am not sure of the effect of kink on false beats.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005><FONT face=Arial>Or am I missing something? How do you do = it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Exactly like when lifting strings to get them in the same horizontal plane : = with a hook, pulling the string close to the agraffee in the direction where = I want it (that is horizontally in this case, the left string left and the = right string right).</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Why not give it a try ? The effect on damping is immediate.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Best regards.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN = class=265051803-28012005>Stéphane Collin.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN class=265051803-28012005></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming = message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.1 - = Release Date: 01/27/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.1 - Release Date: = 01/27/2005<BR> </FONT> </P>