Puzzler: A new one on me !

[Ric Brekne]

Hi Alan,

Nope, tho this could indeed happen.   Since its just you and Andre who 
threw in a guess, I'll just give the answer.

Interestingly enough, it was a loose knuckle. Just barely loose enough 
to be able to notice it give a bit when I pulled back and forth on it 
with my fingers.  How the knuckle could make this kind of noise (just 
like a hammer / shank glue joint broken) I'm not sure. But it immediatly 
brought to mind discussions about whether or not the knuckle /whippen / 
jack contrive a direct line of contact with the finger at the moment of 
string impact.   Strikes me as not very probable that the knuckle could 
make this kind of a clicking sound unless it was under some kind of 
direct stress at the moment of impact.... but thats pure speculation.

Anyways... food for thought

Cheers
RicB


Alan writes

/Hammer had shifted on the shank and was hitting the capo? I only thought of
this because I once replaced hammers on a grand and .... this is
embarrassing ... after dry-fitting one of the hammers kind of snugly, I
forgot to take it off and glue it! It worked just fine for a while but the
owner finally noticed it--when it fell off the stick!

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri/