Dead spot

[Ron Nossaman]

>This may be such a basic question, but I have not heard it answered before.
>Regarding timing sustain, are we doing this in a very quiet room and timing
>until no trace of sound is heard - it seems to me the cut-off time might
>tend to be a bit arbitrary. What general guidelines do you follow?
>
>Terry Farrell

Yep, it's arbitrary. And I check with the dampers down in all cases. I
notice that sustain is often tested with the dampers down before teardown,
and up after stringing, demonstrating the difference rebuilding made.
 
Ron N