Tuning the Duplex (was ...Capo)

[Richard Brekne]

You see the thing is Dan... that the Front Duplex has this nasty habit of getting
to be a bit too active... and when it does it creates this nasty whisperish
whistlish sound that ofte times crosses the boarder of what ya might call aural
pleasantry. When the causes of this situation is exasperated by an innapropriate
configuration for the capo bar, or distrussled and misgreaved aggraffes  in the
case they are used, the problem can be difficult to alliveate cogentically
espoused to the average highly skilled technicians patience. So the whole concept
gets a bad name you see.

Btw...next time you get a chance to "prove" the sustain increase you claim....
why dont you actaully get some real life scientific like equipment and a couple
graduate physics students to help you actually measure the conditions before and
after so that you can publish the data and defend your position a little better.
I'm a root'n for ya ! :)

Too bad you couldnt make it for the Nordic convention ! Its shaping up to be the
best convention in Northern Europe in an awfully long time.

Cheers !

RicB


Duplexdan@AOL.COM wrote:

> Duplex Effect,
>
> the comment that the duplex "absorbs, bleeds and filters" energy is
> interesting. Is there any scientific data or have any experiments been done
> to pursue this line of thinking. If so, I'm sure they would be welcome
> additions to the litrugy on the subject.
>
> However in the dearth of scientific experiments proving the duplex is a
> misfunction I would like to point out that a major plus function in terms of
> energy is the duplex's capacity to increase sustain by more than 300%. This
> was recently proved in Penna and in Vermont in two of my seminars where i was
> fortunate to do a duplex tuning procedure on two instruments whose condition
> was rebuilt A ! in tone, workmanship and materials. All I did to these
> instruments was tune the duplex according the principles established by the
> inventor and the sustain was remarkably increased.
>
> This is the only energy guide that I have at my disposal. Are there others?
>
> Dan Franklin




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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
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