This is a good approach. Before reshaping the capo, try needling the front side of the hammers only. This will often reduce front duplex noise with very little loss of power. EdS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:06 PM Subject: Re: after ring > Hi Wim > > Can you silence the ring by taping off the front duplex as well ? If so > then perhaps a capo reshaping along with a tad softer voicing would take > care of the whole thing. > > RicB > > > Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > > > > A student left me a note complaining about an after ring on our > > Recital Hall 1 year old B. I went to check it out, and sure enough in > > the 6th octave, when notes are release, there is a definite after > > ring. If I hold my finger on the string, it is still there. The > > dampers are seated, and there is enough follow through. I found that > > if I damper out the undampened 7th octave notes, the after ring is > > gone. So the sound I'm hearing is the 7th octave ringing through. > > > > I've never really noticed it before. But now that it has been brought > > to my attention, it is very distinctive. Apparently the strident > > thinks so too. > > > > Is this just a normal phenomenon on Steinway B's, or is there > > something that can be done to eliminate this problem? > > > > Wim > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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