Tuning the Duplex (was ...Capo)

[Bill Ballard]

At 1:47 PM -0400 9/5/02, Duplexdan@AOL.COM wrote:
>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.

I attended the VT Chapter's NEECSO Seminar. I was in your Sunday 
morning class, which for me didn't demonstrate very much. I had 
offered to put the tuning in the 4th octave back in shape for you 
before the class started. Little did I know that that was the 
left-overs from the Sat afternoon class, attended by a friend of mine 
who was willing to gamble on the consistent success of this enough to 
invest in some tools. He was remarkably convinced that something had 
occurred at his (your first) session. I should check back with him.

Our class was an extensive walk-through of the bullet list, and then 
for the final 30 minutes, the piano and the hands-on demo. There was 
nothing to demonstrate in the 4th octave, because while its aliquots 
were in tune, was still very woozy from the operation. Remarkably, we 
didn't even try at least poking around in, say the 5th octave.

At 2:47 AM -0400 9/6/02, Duplexdan@AOL.COM wrote:
>Yes. Unquestionably and unequivocably yes. The most dramatic proofs of the
>value of tuning the duplex scale occurred at the Penna and the NYSCON and
>NEESCO conventions. I was fortunate to have specimen instruments that were
>prepared excellently by having new hammers, Abel, a great voicer, Wally
>Brooks, a great rebuilder Webb Phillips, and other topnotch technicians to
>prepare the instrument.

Praise Be.

I have no doubt that something happened in the 1st class. I'm sorry I 
wasn't there for it, because it certainly didn't happen in the second 
class.

This list is a great place for stirring up discussion.

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

".......true more in general than specifically"
     ...........Lenny Bruce, spoofing a radio discussion of the Hebrew 
roots of Calypso music
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