This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment For trouble shooting I like to use a piece of wood approximately =BD=94 wide, thick enough to be stiff (1/2-3/4=94) and whatever length is handy (8-12=94) with thick soft felt glued to one side. This works well to = mute off large sections to find a damper leaking a sympathetic vibration and is also good for determining when the owner or artist is offended by the sounds from the front or rear duplex sections. =20 Another thing I haven=92t seen listed in this discussion or in the = recent discussion in the journal is using small pieces of bushing cloth on individual duplex portions per note rather than muting off the entire section. Just cut a small square or rectangle and place it over the center string and under the two outer strings. Then the =93duplex = mute=94 can be slid close to or farther from the capo (closer mutes more) thereby adjusting just how much high end is lost from the duplex rather than killing it. The notes an be blended very easily and solve many voicing problems. If a note is particularly strong, two pieces can be applied. I find this particularly useful on the front duplex in the lower capo section. =20 Advantages: quick, economical, controllable and easily reversible.=20 =20 Back to the original discussion, I had to use one of my =93trouble shooting strips=94 on a customer=92s Knabe. It now resides on the = speaking length of the top treble section muting some of the over ring which she finds more objectionable than the loss of tone in the top two octaves. It=92s her piano=85 I hope this helps, =20 Allan L. Gilreath, RPT Allan Gilreath & Associates, Inc. 515 Oothcalooga St., Suite I Calhoun, GA 30701 agilreath@mindspring.com =20 Berry College =96 Rome, GA =20 -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim Busby Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 2:34 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: Treble ringing problem =20 Hi all, =20 Dean Garten uses 2 or 3 small narrow bean bags to mute off sections/areas. It helps you find problems and works well to temporarily mute the upper strings while tuning. Before threading braid this is a quick way to diagnose and it really does aid in tuning to =93shut off=94 = the upper section. =20 Jim Busby -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:43 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: Treble ringing problem =20 At 08:21 AM 3/13/2004 -0700, you wrote: I think I'll start with stringing braid in the duplex in the mid and upper range (not the top section). =20 Don't forget to investigate the backlength of the long tenor strings.=20 If you pluck them and hear the same sounds as the after-ring they may=20 be contributing to it.=20 If you wrap a whole bunch of the waste lengths on the piano you can=20 really gut the character of the sound. There's a happy medium there=20 someplace.=20 Susan ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/b7/85/c0/b0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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