SD-10 Clarification

[Charles E Faulk]

I think there's a somewhat simpler explanation. The woven cloth is used
to cover up the milled trench that is cut into the plate to provide a
flat surface for the termination pieces.

Charles Faulk

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 23:36:09 -0600 Roger Jolly <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
writes:
> Hi Kevin,
>              I had re read your post yesterday, and went searching 
> for some
> note's that I had made after a conversation with Harold Conklin, 
> (25yrs ogo)
> I'm a pack rat.
> The woven bushing felt was put there to reduce resonant interaction 
> from the
> plate and string.
> Behind the note I put a series of question marks. Not sure if I 
> understood, or
> was just sceptical.
> Just some extra trivia.
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:23 PM 26/10/00 -0700, you wrote: 
> >
> >     OK, I've read most of your posts, and I need some 
> clarification. On most
> > grands, You have (back to front) the rear duplex, the speaking 
> length, and
> > between the capo bar and the pressure bar is the front duplex. 
> Then you have
> > a nice thick piece of understring felt. On these Baldwins you have 
> the same
> > set up, but where the understring felt is, you have a piece of 
> bushing
> cloth,
> > which doesn't even touch the strings. So, in effect, you have two 
> front
> > duplexes. If you think about each note, you have a front pin, a 
> middle
> tuning
> > pin, and a rear pin. Three different string lengths, with some not 
> the same
> > length proportionate because the waste length is shorter where 
> some tuning
> > pins are closer than others, and the string actually touches the 
> next tuning
> > pin. No harmonics involved here, just one more string segment 
> vibrating
> along
> > with the real front and rear duplexes. 
> >     Maybe it sounds different out in the audience, but it can 
> really sound
> > bad when you're trying to tune one. Should I not worry about this. 
> I swear,
> > when I would play a note, and then touch the front (I'll call it 
> waste
> > length) the sound became cleaner, and more pleasing. 
> >     By the Way, thanks for the feedback. Can't wait to meet you 
> guys in
> Reno.
> >
> > Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T.
> > Phoenix, Arizona
> > <mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com>ramsey@extremezone.com
> 
> 
> 
> Roger Jolly
> Saskatoon, Canada.
> 306-665-0213
> Fax 652-0505

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