Front Duplex

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Kevin,
What did you use to check the level of the strings?
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
To: "Piano Tech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: Front Duplex


>     I have a question for the list.
>
>     What exactly is the proper fix for the "singing of the Steinway
Angels"
> in the front tuned duplex, that is, when they get a little too carried
away?
>     I had a customer today which was complaining about a kind of papery
> noise on a few notes in the killer octave (naturally) area of the
keyboard.
> It was a Steinway M. It wasn't until it was tuned fully that the problem
> became apparent to me. By that time all the other stuff had been cleared
up
> enough to hear. The front duplexes on some of the long waste end notes had
a
> kind of zing to them.
>     What I did to try to get rid of them was to level the strings really
> well while also lifting up on the duplex side of the capo bar to get a
solid
> seating on both sides of it. When I got done there was still a little
noise
> there, so I had to do some needling near the crown.
>     Is what I did correct? Is there a better way? Am I missing something
> here? It worked this time. I really don't like the idea of muting the
front
> duplex unless I have exhausted every other recourse first. Of course, I
> don't like having to deal with these kind of issues on a piano which the
> customer paid so much money for, either.
>
>
>
> Kevin E. Ramsey
> ramsey@extremezone.com
>