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A steam turbine rotor wheel includes a plurality of buckets secured about a circumferential periphery of the wheel, each bucket comprising a shank portion and an airfoil portion, the plurality of buckets including two groups of buckets having respective different predetermined resonant frequencies. A method of reducing vibration in a row of buckets on a steam turbine rotor wheel includes a) providing a first group of buckets with a first predetermined natural frequency range; b) providing a second group of buckets with a second predetermined natural frequency range different than the first predetermined natural frequency range; and c) assembling buckets of the first and second groups of buckets in alternating fashion on the rotor wheel.
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