[CAUT] SD-10 duplex question

[Alan McCoy]

Ours from 1968 is just as you describe and it is lively as well. I think it
adds to that treble quality once described by a pianist friend as "chaotic."
I think I'll mute it and see how it changes.

Alan McCoy
Eastern Washington Univ


> From: Mark Cramer <Cramer@BrandonU.ca>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:02:32 -0600
> To: CAUT <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] SD-10 duplex question
> 
> We have an 1986 Baldwin SD-10 here with the fancy individual front-duplex
> peices and accujust hitch-pins.
> 
> String segments from the tuning-pins to the front duplex, and from the
> treble bridge to the hitch-pins are open (unbraided), and quite "lively"
> throughout the treble.
> 
> My question; is this original?
> 
> The front segment looks suspect; instead of a thick string cushion, there is
> only bushing cloth, which comes nowhere near to contacting/muting the
> strings.
> 
> (to the best of my knowledge, this instrument has never been restrung)
> 
> Would this segment originally have been braided?
> 
> I'm going to braid it anyhow (it has a ring-time of 6-7 seconds when
> strummed), just can't imagine this segment being intended to ring, no matter
> the carefull de-tuning of the actual duplex segments.
> 
> thanks in advance, all you good Baldwin folk!
> 
> Mark Cramer,
> Brandon University
> 
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