I'm pleased to see that my original posting on "downbearing direction" has sparked interest and even experimentation! Maury Crispmiss! Terry Peterson ----Original Message Follows---- From: Stéphane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be> Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Re: downbearing direction Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:40:07 +0100 Hi Ric. I did your interesting experiment on a 9ft grand (thanks for sharing it). Well, in my opinion (worth as much as ... ), the piano sounds better, I think, without the coin. But I intend to do the experiment on an upright (where the hammer strikes in the direction of the downbearing). I just have problems balancing the coin. Stéphane Collin. RicB said : | Here's a cute little experiement tho to illustrate a bit of the amount | of force that yanks upwards on the bridge and front pin. Place a penny | (or similiar coin) on the string just front of the bridge so that the | penny is balanced on its thin edge and as close to the bridge pin as | possible. It should balance fairly easily between two strings of a | unison. Then bang on the string with a very hard blow and watch what | happens (how fast and with how much force). Do the same thing for | several strings of various lengths. You might also try placing the penny | up as close to the aggraffes / capo bar as you can to see what happens | there as well... just for fun. | | Cheers | RicB | _______________________________________________ | pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives | _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _________________________________________________________________ Check your PC for viruses with the FREE McAfee online computer scan. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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