Yes, that is correct, and it seems to be important in making the hammer very rigid. es ----- Original Message ----- From: reggaepass at aol.com To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net ; caut at ptg.org Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bechstein model B tuning stability If memory serves, no. Part of Dan's approach is to have all joints welded together for extra rigidity. Can someone else verify this? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Sun, Oct 18, 2009 4:08 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bechstein model B tuning stability I remember Dan's article and the photo of the hammer. Seems rather large...does it break down for transport? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 10/18/2009 2:51:00 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bechstein model B tuning stability >On Oct 18, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Ed Sutton wrote: >> Fred- >> >> The point of Dan Levitan's over-the-stretcher lever is not to >> "eliminate flagpoling." The point is to eliminate unintentional >> flagpoling. You are free to control flagpoling in all directions, >> with or witout rotational forces. >> >> In a standard tuning lever, whenever you apply rotational force, you >> are also applying a certain amount of tilting force, proportional to >> the "rise" of the handle from the pin in the block, in the direction >> you are pushing the handle to rotate the pin. >> >> In Dan's over-the-stretcher lever, there is no rise, so if you >> rotate, you only rotate. But you are also free to tilt the pin in >> any direction, intentionally, not accidentally. It's not at odds >> with your approach, it's a more controllable version of your approach. >> >> Ed > OK, fair enough. I "eliminate" the undesired tilt from the equation >by using a 12 o'clock position (11 to 1, to be precise), meaning the >tilt is at very close to 90 degrees from the string, and has minimal >effect on the string. That works well for me. Dan's design is >intriguing, but would require a major re-learning of technique. Which >is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes starting again from scratch >is a good way to leave bad habits behind. Dan's design also >essentially requires the hammer be in line with the string, for >geometrical reasons (though 6 o'clock instead of 12 for a grand). So >the technique would be the same - lean the pin towards or away from >the string for the given purpose. >Regards, >Fred Sturm >University of New Mexico >fssturm at unm.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091018/6313d3a4/attachment.htm>
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