[CAUT] MonoChord with whistling partial

[ibook]

Andrew,

First determine if the duplex scale is playing a part (a common  
occurrence) by laying damping material on the duplex scale. If the  
whistle stops, isolate the offending aliquot and move the bar a  
fraction on an inch or merely mute that aliquot.

If the duplex scale is not the fault, move the action in and out to  
see if the harmonic is being produced by stride point.  In that case  
the solution may be obvious.

If neither of those possibilities show success surely another email  
will bring more possibilities.

Dan Gurnee HSU Ret.


On Jun 11, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote:

> My wife's Everett concert grand was recently refurbished, re-scaled  
> with some nice strings and has new Ronson wurzen hammers on it.
>
> The E1 monochord has a prominent whistling partial, pretty high and  
> obnoxious.  The hammer is beginning to play-in and if anything  
> needs more, not less, bite.  Any ideas how to tame this one?
>
> Andrew Anderson,
> TAMIU, LCC etc
>