>That's my question: What is the purpose of stringing braid? If its purpose >is to dampen overtones, aren't the overtones necessary in the production of >sound? It's a matter of degree. Long un-damped back scales in the mid and low tenor can howl loud and long enough to be a problem. These days, I string without braid, listen, and braid if and where I think it's necessary on a piano by piano basis. Manufacturers can't do that. They have to specify that braid goes to points somewhat beyond the statistically likely problem areas and get on with it, even if it means damping back scales that wouldn't have been a problem being left open. Then, of course, they put in tuned rear duplexes (then partially braid them), and tuned front duplexes that make more obnoxious noise than would the back scales they braided. There's obviously a master plan at work here... somewhere. Ron N
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