Boy, here's a case for someone sifting through those archives, editing it judiciously and and putting on the CAUT site. Anyone up to the task? I'd love to read it! Alan -- Alan McCoy, RPT Eastern Washington University amccoy@mail.ewu.edu 509-359-4627 > From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:12:51 -0500 > To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge design/Pure sound wire > > : >> Ron, >> >> Thanks for the feedback. We are doing a new scale throughout. Juan is >> doing that for me. The soundboard is going to be replaced. >> >> Juan, as with many Europeans, seems to have very definite ideas about >> friction, procedures, etc. I just take some of these with a grain of >> salt, but I will try everything. Like polishing all friction points with >> crocus cloth. (It didn't seem to do much.) >> >> Ron, you are far beyond most of us in this area. I've shown the photos >> of the "Nossaman D" to many technicians and to most of them it is like >> Voodoo to redesign such things. I know you are close to Del and have >> learned much from him and others over many years, but what do you >> suggest as far as starting places to learn about bridge design, etc.? >> Are there any written materials that you know of? Of course, I know this >> type of "skill" can't be acquired by "book learnin', but there must be >> something that one could study to better understand the theories. Any >> advice? >> >> Thanks again, >> Jim Busby > > Hi Jim, > Pretty much all the information, secrets included, are in the > Pianotech archives. Del started the whole thing, outlining basic > principals of soundboard impedance, and it went from there. There's > at least five books worth, scattered through the years since the > inception of the list. Read and process the informational stuff > first, and save the argumentative and counterproductive stuff for > after you understand the basics and can put it into perspective. > Then get into the molecules if you feel the need after hearing the > results. There's no short path. You have to burn a lot of time, a > pile of brain cells, and more than a little cash to make sense of > it. It's not Voodoo, but it does cost sweat and blood. The biggest > hurdle is getting over the idea that one can throw in a "feature" at > random and make a predictable difference. Everything works together, > and everything affects everything else. > > Ron N > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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