Stringing Braid and the perception of doing it right

[Cy Shuster]

Thanks, Del; I think I was confusing the backscale vibration and the
frontscale vibration, just as you say.

I was thinking of energy coming from the hammer to the string, and trying to
keep it in the speaking length.  If I understand correctly, this applies to
the frontscale.  Backscale vibrations, being sympathetic, don't happen
(primarily) from the struck string.  As you said in another post, braiding
prevents, rather than damps, sympathetic vibration, and therefore...  well,
I dunno (my brain hurts to think of it), but it's not like having a mushy
termination in the speaking length.

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message -----
From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: Stringing Braid and the perception of doing it right


> Let's not confuse what is happening in the backscale with what takes place
> in the frontscale--the distance between the V-bar/agraffe and the front
> bearing bar. Braiding out the backscale will prevent sympathetic
vibrations
> from developing in the backscale string segments, it will not prevent them
> from moving. Their motion will still track that of the bridge.
>
> The front scale is a whole other issue. The V-bar/agraffe should not be
> moving and most energy making it past the string termination point will be
> lost.
>
> I don't see damping the backscale string segments as being particularly
> harmful to overall sustain time. Whereas allowing energy to leak past the
> V-bar/agraffe is.