[CAUT] duplex bar dressing

[Alan McCoy]

David,

Just catching up on some reading. There is one case where you might want to
smooth these old grooves. BTW, it's easy to do with a fret file.

If the old stringing job was less than stellar and the strings did not go in
a straight line from tuning pin to capo, then you should dress the
counterbearing bars so that when you restring, it's easier to achieve the
straight string line from pin to capo.

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627


> From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians
> <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:46 -0800
> To: <caut at ptg.org>, <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] duplex bar dressing
> 
> What kind of dressing/filing is done to the duplex bars?   They have little
> grooves like the capo...similar technique?
> 
> 
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> 
> Pacifica, CA 94044