mccookies wrote:
Has anyone ever tried this method with any success?
No but thanks for the fascinating insight.
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| Author: | mccookies [ Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | String damping - Clavinet style? |
I was watching a YouTube video last night about the Clavinet D6 last night, in which they mentioned the string damping, which seems very similar to the Stick method. In the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGAnyZIGA0I at from about 2m37s - they were using Clavigel, but from the factory they were damped with 3-ply polyester yarn. Have a read here: https://www.clavinet.com/yarn.php Has anyone ever tried this method with any success? |
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| Author: | DavidWS [ Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String damping - Clavinet style? |
mccookies wrote: Has anyone ever tried this method with any success? No but thanks for the fascinating insight.
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| Author: | rikkugon [ Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String damping - Clavinet style? |
For his song "Margaritas in the Waves," Emmett would place a peice of cellophane tape over the strings near the bridge. I think he was going for a marimba-type sound, but now that I think about it, it was a bit clavinet-like. He would pull off the tape towards the end song (3:15) to let the strings ring out for the rest of the peice. |
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| Author: | earthgene [ Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String damping - Clavinet style? |
Jim Lampi talked a bit about that in his TnT session. He used a damping technique on his album North. I'd be curious to see if that same damper that was used on the NS could be applied to a Chapman Stick? 
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| Author: | Per Boysen [ Fri Feb 14, 2025 4:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: String damping - Clavinet style? |
mccookies wrote: Has anyone ever tried this method with any success? Yes, at recordings to play with a percussively muted sound, or in some cases achieving "experimental overtones". I add the extra damper objects close to the bridge. From the prepared guitar/piano community I nicked the method of applying paper clips to strings, which allows you to move clips around while playing and change the overtone structure. I've never used this trick at a concert though, as finding the optimal placement takes more time and precision than a typical audience would accept 
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