I know all this is true. The shank flexes, the hammer doesn't hit squarely, etc. yet we like the sound we get. I wonder if we really could get the hammer to strike squarely if we would like the sound it made. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/17/2003 at 7:44 PM Roger Jolly wrote: >> >> > >In a real piano, be it grand or vertical, in >> > today's world, there is no >> > way >> > >to make the crown of the hammer hit the string in a >> > perfectly >> > perpendicular >> > >direction. You just can't do it..... >> > > >> > >Sincerely, Jim Ellis > >Hi Jim, > Absolutely correct. Depending on the inertial of a given >hammer, and the force of the blow, it causes the shank to first bend, >before the hammer is set in motion. >SloMo studies of action parts conclusively show that the hammer rarely >hits >the string square on. >The whip lash of the shank, will cause the hammer to slightly over or >under >centre. > >Regards Roger > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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