<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hi Dan</DIV> <=
DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Are you referring to the front or rear =
duplexes? I know you've studied this a fair bit but I think after hearing=
Ron o. ,Ron, N. , Del, John Hartman and others I believe there=
is enough evidence that the front duplex being tuned is a detriment=
to sustain. The sympathetically vibrating string segment at the fro=
nt duplex is largely responsible for drawing energy from the vibrating se=
gment ,reducing sustain/power and creating more buzzing than pianis=
ts can tolerate. This segment would benefit greatly fom being detuned. &n=
bsp; I've noticed than in Mason BB's from different era's the front duple=
x went from being in a tuned configuration to on of equal length string l=
engths in the front duplex. In the latter the tone is cleaner with no buz=
zing and excellent sustain characteristics.</DIV> <DIV> As to=
the rear duplexes having a significant effect on tone ,at least for me t=
he jury is still out. If all other aspects of the pianos tone producing s=
ystem are set up well the overall increase in performance to me is =
not enhanced significantly. However as has been discussed at length on li=
st has been the detriment of too short of a back scale choking /restricti=
ng bridge movement thus tone quality ,power etc. Convince me otherwise. I=
'm open minded.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Regards--=
--Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: =
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MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Messa=
ge -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR=
: black"><B>From:</B> Duplexdan@AOL.COM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Ar=
ial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style==
"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT:=
10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing M&H BB</DIV> <DIV> </DI=
V>Voicing a M & H is not only to be construed by dealing with the ham=
mers. if<BR>the duplex scale is not tuned correctly, the tone can never a=
chieve its<BR>maximum potential. Ask Paul Monachino.<BR><BR>Dan Franklin,=
RPT<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>