Duplex

[Ron Nossaman]

>And before Dan feels tempted to remind me again of my proximity to 
>kangaroos, I might mention that Del has also written posts to this 
>list which concur with my view. 

As have I. With the normal range of tension adjustments made in tuning,
this just isn't going to happen.


>"activates the duplex around the "trees" of the bridge pins" - nice 
>line Dan. I agree with you that considerable energy gets over to the 
>rear duplex from the speaking length. 

This, I can't agree with. There is way too much bridge to string contact
area from bridge pin to bridge pin for any string vibrational energy to
make it directly from the speaking length to the rear duplex. Energy from
the speaking length will move the bridge, moving the soundboard. the
movement of the soundboard and bridge will then move the rear duplex. The
rear duplex segment that responds to any given speaking length partial can
be, but isn't necessarily, on the same unison as the sounding string, as is
the case with the front duplex.


Ron N