Sometimes a dot of glue on each string segment will stop the buzzing enough, and yet not deaden the sound so much as to adversly affect the sustain. At least it's easier than redesigning the scale, etc. <g> At 12:22 PM 1/28/98 -0800, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: >As far as the buzzy strings are concerned, it is best to try to control them at their source than to >try to dampen them out with felt. Since this system is designed to allow some percentage of the >speaking strings energy to bleed past the V-bar, damping it will always result in a shorter sustain. >Since sustain is already a problem in these sections, this is not a good solution. > >SERGIO BRUNELLO wrote: >> I put a felt strip among the duplex scale's strings. OK the buzzer stopped but the sound falled in >> brightness. Associated with the more soft voicing the sector is no comparable with the others.I am >> displeased with the work's results. Someone have already had this problem ? There are some more or >> better work to do? Sergio BrunelloTreviso, Italy >> Vince Mrykalo RPT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vince@byu.edu
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