popsicle stick engineering

[RicB]

Woah.... 9 leads in the low tenor keys ???? Sounds like there's a lot 
more wrong with this beast then just capstan placement... heck that 
could be the only thing right with the beast :)

This is where Stanwood is at its best IMHO... i.e. quickly and 
efficiently straigtening out action balance problems.  A quick 
measurement of SW ratio parameters and you know just how much front 
weight you should have for any SW curve... and whether or not that SW 
curve is appropriate for the action or not.  Combined with some basics 
about action design you can greatly improve the play of just about any 
action without much difficulty.

Clark... I'd suggest you'd find David Stanwoods methods not only 
attractive... but exactly the tool for figuring out action problems like 
this one.

Cheers
RicB

Hi, All!  I have been dealing with a S&S B that I found with up to 9 
leads in some of the low tenor keys.  All the parts had been replaced 
with Renner to get rid of the Teflon flanges, but it was heavy, 
sluggish, and just a chore to play for long.  I am not all that familiar 
with the Stanwood protocols, but as time goes on, the concept gets more 
and more attractive.  What I found, was that I had to shorten the dip, 
lengthen the blow, to get it less laborious to play.  So, what I suspect 
, is that the capstan placement is incorrect for the parts used, or was 
incorrect from the start?  They also had the damper timing late to try 
to make it feel lighter, so late that the hammer almost hit the strings 
before it lifted.
    Ric, your comments on the more creative combinations of blow, dip, 
etc hit a chord with me on this beast.
    There were too many leads in from the factory, and you could tell be 
looking that some more were added with the new parts, as they did not 
look factory at all,  so the problems just got worse, evidently with the 
parts replacement.
Clark A. Sprague, RPT
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