S&S D Duplex

[Tony Caught]

Dan,

Really I don't want to knock the duplex system too much, its just that to me
the duplex is just there to cover for the other deficiencies in the design
of some pianos. I just personally think that the so called designers of
these thing should have approached the problems they were trying to overcome
a different way.

And yes, because they are there, tuning them is important. It does make the
piano sound better when tuned properly. I haven't tried to modify one to
what I would call correct because I don't fully recondition many grands so I
guess I tune them to the best sound I can get (in my opinion) with the
customer present and call it a day.

Hi Day.

Regards

Tony Caught

PS Did you know that to get the best sound violins are not tuned to the same
scale as in =temperament ?. Maybe the Steinway designer new this and decided
to Duplex the piano so it also should be tuned as a violin is to get the
best sound. Maybe all piano fitted with Duplex systems are really designed
to be tuned to some EBVT or something.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Duplexdan@aol.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: S&S D Duplex
>
>
> > Tony,
> >
> > I don't know what to think about your latest post. You state that you
> think
> > the greatest pianos in the world ( which have duplex scales) and
violins,
> the
> > staple instrument of concert orchestras around the world since medieval
> > times, you think they all "screech". How would you describe the sound of
a
> > bunch of kangaroos at McDonald's?
> >
> > Dan Franklin
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