THAT MYSTERIOUS BACK CHECK

[PNOTNR@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-11-07 23:00:10 EST, you write:

>What is the explanation for this???????
>My teacher in Japan did not know. Nobody I asked here in Holland has an
>answer.
>
>WHO does?

Well I'm not saying that I have an answer, but if you are changing the
position of the backcheck, aren't you also changing the position of the
hammer head in the wave envelope of the string?  Couldn't that have an effect
on the tone?

Gordon Large
Mt. Vernon, ME