[CAUT] upright backcheck angle

[Alan McCoy]

Tim, 

FWIW,, a friend of mine suggested one time that tipping the top of the
backcheck a bit forward (toward the catcher) can sometimes help with the
Yamaha bobbling hammer problem, i.e. it makes the backcheck more "catchy."


Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627


> From: Tim Geinert <geinert at drtel.net>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:07:09 -0500
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] upright backcheck angle
> 
> A couple years ago now, Roger Jolly mentioned that a good backcheck angle on
> a grand is 18 degrees back from vertical (along with a few other
> conditions).  Is there an angle, or relationship to the catcher on a
> vertical that is consistently "catchy"?
> 
> Tim G 
>