Buzzing capo duplex

[Allen Wright]

Susan,

I agree - and unless it's my imagination, it seems to me that the glue has
more muffling effect before it dries.

Allen Wright

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>From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>
>To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Buzzing capo duplex
>Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 12:21 PM
>

> At 04:56 PM 10/16/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>The late Ernie Juhn used to do a quick fix by putting a little "crazy glue"
>>on the string segments just in front of the capo bar - behind the string
>>rests.  He put just a little of it on the open lengths, NOT on the capo,
>>and NOT on the string rest.  What that did was change the mass of the
>>string just enough to get it off resonance with that particular partial,
>>and make it quit buzzing, without deading the tone very much.
>
> This works, sort of, using white glue as well.
>
> However, I just don't see the change in mass being the cause of the
> improvement.
> I think that the glue, being slightly flexible, muffles the string, just
> like a
> fold of felt would, however not quite as much. It's not exactly what I would
> call a fix, but it does help you get down the road in a pinch.
>
> Just MHO.
>
> Susan Kline
>
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