Scruffing...was Over Strike vs Under Strike

[Frank Emerson]

Perhaps simply giving more attention to grain orientation of the shank
could produce better results, regard shank breakage, flex issues, and
resulting tonal characteristics.

Frank Emerson
pianoguru at earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 11/27/2006 11:40:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Scruffing...was Over Strike vs Under Strike
>
> Ron O said:"......but there must be a
> reason why the cedar shanks produced such a good tone compared with
> maple ones."
> Ron,
>  I choose to think of the wood as having different flexibility. Maple is
> more flexible than Cedar, IMO.
> Regards,
>
>
> Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
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