Very True. No matter what you use, crud from that will find its way under the strings. That's why it is important to apply the tape/substance at the top to the duplex bars and GENTLY work your way down until the offending noise ceases. At any rate, some form of tape worked better than felt stuck between the strings in the duplex section, at least for the session that was to happen that day. If piano makers would provide a shield over the bars in question, maybe sneezes, sweat dropplets, dust and grime would not make their way there and cause the offending noises. While duct tape is the soup de jour in studios, I think electricians tape as Newton suggests, would be a better choice. Richard Moody ---------- > From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Duplex scale tuning > Date: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 10:08 AM > > Richard Moody wrote: > > > > If you lost your silly putty to the toddler from last months tuning, > > duct tape on the aliquoit bars, ( upper duplex bars) will hush the > > sympathetic interference. > > > I don't like to use tape because too many of them leave some residue of > glue on the strings and some glues promote corrosion, hence, my choise > of Silly Puddy. > > Tape choice should be fresh electricians tape because its glue is far > weaker than the tape so it all comes off and does not promote corrosion. > > With pianos that I may tune two or three times a week tape residue can > become a real problem. > > Newton > nhunt@jagat.com > >
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