on Sat, 6 Mar 1999 21:38:45 -0600 Richard Moody <remoody@easnet.net> wrote: >Sometimes the "sizzling" noises can be gotten rid of by tape, duct or >scotch placed on the wire as it crosses the duplex bar.This works if the >sound can be gotten rid of by light finger pressure on the offending >segment. I found that felt inbetween the strings resulted in to much tonal >loss as Fred observed. Its uneasy to think of the effects of the tape >residues there, but it worked, and for long periods of time there were no >sizzles without the tape. I think it may have been the residue of the tape that actually minimized or eliminated the 'sizzle' in this case. I have seen how a single drop of glue on the string in the front duplex segment will cut the offending noise of a particlarly pronounced sizzle without causing a loss of partials necessary for projection. Rolf von Walthausen
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